Parliament of Northern Ireland
Until 1969, Chief Whips were given the title "Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Finance".
- 1921: Herbert Dixon, 1st Baron Glentoran
- 1942: Sir Norman Stronge
- 1944: Sir Wilson Hungerford
- 1945: Lancelot Curran
- 1947: Walter Topping
- 1956: Brian Faulkner
- 1959: Isaac George Hawthorne
- 1963: William Craig
- 1963: James Chichester-Clark
- 1966: Post vacant
- 1968: Roy Bradford
- 1969: John Dobson
- 1971: John Brooke
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