Parliament
When he was declared to be the Member of Parliament for Mid-Ulster, Beattie said he had never been to London and had therefore never seen the House of Commons. He was, however, said to have become a familiar personality at Conservative Party conferences after attending several. On 25 October 1955, when the House of Commons assembled after the summer recess and received the report of the Judges trying the election petition, Beattie took his seat. The Labour MP Hugh Delargy shouted "The member for Queen's Bench" as he came forward to take the oath.
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