Herbert Kirk Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
Herbert Kirk
Office:Minister of Finance
Parliament:Northern Ireland Assembly
Chiefexecutive:Brian Faulkner
Term Start:January 1974
Term End:May 1974
Predecessor:Position created
Successor:Executive suspended
Office2:Minister of Finance
Parliament2:Parliament of Northern Ireland
Monarch2:Elizabeth II
Primeminister2:Terence O'Neill 1965–69
James Chichester-Clark 1969–71
Brian Faulkner 1971–72
Term Start2:1965
Term End2:1972
Predecessor2:Ivan Neill
Successor2:Position prorogued
Office3:Minister of Education
Parliament3:Northern Ireland
Monarch3:Elizabeth II
Primeminister3:Terence O'Neill
Term Start3:1964
Term End3:1965
Predecessor3:Ivan Neill
Successor3:William Fitzsimmons
Office4:Minister of Labour
Parliament4:Northern Ireland
Monarch4:Elizabeth II
Primeminister4:Basil Brooke 1962–63
Terence O'Neill 1963–64
Term Start4:1962
Term End4:1964
Predecessor4:Ivan Neill
Successor4:William James Morgan
Constituency Mp5:Belfast Windsor
Term Start5:23 November 1956
Term End5:30 March 1972
Predecessor5:Archibald Wilson
Successor5:Parliament abolished
Majority5:Elected unopposed
Birth Name:Herbert Kirk
Birth Date:5 June 1912
Birth Place:Belfast, Ireland
Death Date:4 March 2006 (aged 93)
Death Place:Belfast, Northern Ireland
Nationality:British
Party:Ulster Unionist Party
Alma Mater:Queen's University, Belfast
Occupation:Politician
Profession:Accountant

Herbert Victor Kirk PC (5 June 1912 – 4 March 2006) was an Ulster Unionist cabinet minister in Parliament of Northern Ireland.

Early life

Born in Belfast, Kirk studied at Queen's University, Belfast before becoming an accountant.

Career

Kirk became active in the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and in 1956 was elected to represent Belfast Windsor in the Parliament of Northern Ireland. In 1962, he became the Minister of Labour and National Insurance, also joining the Privy Council of Northern Ireland. In 1964, he moved to become Minister of Education, and the following year, Minister of Finance.

After the abolition of the Parliament, Kirk was elected in Belfast South to the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973. He was a supporter of Brian Faulkner, and was re-appointed as Minister of Finance (de facto Deputy Prime Minister) until the assembly's suspension in May 1974, after which he quit politics.[1]

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CAIN: People: Biographies of People Prominent During 'the Troubles' - K. cain.ulster.ac.uk.