Politics
The constituency was one of the most marginal in the Northern Ireland Parliament changing hands at every election until 1965. In the five elections from 1933 to 1953 the incumbent member lost his seat.
Read more about this topic: Belfast Dock (Northern Ireland Parliament Constituency)
Famous quotes containing the word politics:
“The will to change begins in the body not in the mind
My politics is in my body, accruing and expanding with every act of resistance and each of my failures.”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)
“The history of American politics is littered with bodies of people who took so pure a position that they had no clout at all.”
—Ben C. Bradlee (b. 1921)
“A baby changes your dinner party conversation from politics to poops.”
—Maurice Johnstone (20th century)