Walter Scott (Northern Ireland politician)

Walter Scott (born 1908, date of death unknown) was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.

Scott worked as a building contractor, and was elected to Belfast City Council in 1959, for the Ulster Unionist Party. In 1961, he won a by-election in Belfast Bloomfield and was elected to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, holding his seat at each subsequent election, until the body was prorogued in 1972. From 1969 until 1972, he served as Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker.[1]

References

  1. Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons
Parliament of Northern Ireland
Preceded by
Daniel Dixon
Member of Parliament for Belfast Bloomfield
1961 - 1972
Succeeded by
Position prorogued 1972
Parliament abolished 1973
Preceded by
Thomas Lyons
Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland House of Commons
19691972
Succeeded by
Position prorogued 1972
Parliament abolished 1973


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