Reginald Magee Explained

Reggie Magee
Office1:Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Belfast South
Term1:1973–1974
Party:Ulster Unionist Party (1946 - 1974)
Otherparty:Unionist Party NI (from 1974)
Birth Date:18 August 1914
Birth Place:Belfast, Ireland
Education:Campbell College
Queen's University Belfast
Children:2

Reginald Arthur Edward Magee (18 August 1914 - 16 December 1989), known as Reggie Magee, was a unionist politician and gynaecologist in Northern Ireland.[1]

Biography

Born in Belfast, Magee studied at Campbell College and then medicine at Queen's University Belfast. He worked as a gynaecologist at various hospitals in the city, becoming a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland and of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. He also held senior roles on the Northern Ireland Hospitals Authority, and lectured at Queen's University.[2]

Magee joined the Ulster Unionist Party in 1946, and was elected in Belfast South at the 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly election, following which he became Chairman of the unionist backbenchers. He stood again for the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention, this time for the Unionist Party of Northern Ireland, but narrowly missed election.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Magee, Reginald Arthur Edward. Dictionary of Irish Biographies. 2024-01-07.
  2. Ted Nealon, Ireland: a parliamentary directory, 1973–1974, p.195
  3. "South Belfast 1973–1984", Northern Ireland Elections