Sir James Johnston | |
Office: | Lord Mayor of Belfast |
Term Start: | 1917 |
Term End: | 1919 |
Predecessor: | Sir Crawford McCullagh |
Successor: | John Campbell White |
Office1: | High Sheriff of Belfast |
Term Start1: | 1912 |
Term End1: | 1913 |
Predecessor1: | Crawford McCullagh |
Successor1: | Frank Workman |
Birth Name: | James Johnston |
Birth Date: | 1849 11, df=yes |
Sir James Johnston, PC (29 November 1849 – 13 April 1924) was a unionist politician in Ireland.
Johnston was a company director and was elected to the Belfast Corporation for the Irish Unionist Party. He was High Sheriff of Belfast in 1912/3,[1] and Lord Mayor of Belfast from 1917 to 1919.[2] In 1921, he was elected to the Senate of Northern Ireland, but served only three years.[3] He was a Deputy Speaker of the Senate from 1921 until 1923.[4]