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(Redirected from George Hanna (1906–1964)) Not to be confused with his father, also named George Hanna (MP for East Antrim)

George Boyle Hanna (1906–1 March 1964) (PC (NI), was an Ulster Unionist member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland. He represented Belfast Duncairn from 1949 to 1956.

Born in Ballymena, County Antrim, he was the son of George Boyle Hanna. He was educated at Ballymena Academy, the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and Queen's University Belfast, he was called to the Bar in 1927 and became a King's Counsel in 1946. He was Commissioner for the Unionist Party in Armagh from 1934 to 1941.

He served in the Cabinet of Sir Basil Brooke as Minister of Home Affairs from 1953 to 1956 and then for five months in 1956 as Minister of Finance (de facto Deputy Prime Minister), before resigning from Government and from Parliament upon his appointment as a county court judge for County Down. He died on 1 March 1964.

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  1. Ian McAllister and Richard Rose, United Kingdom Facts, p.53
Parliament of Northern Ireland
Preceded byWilliam Grant Member of Parliament for Belfast Duncairn
1949–1956
Succeeded byWilliam Fitzsimmons
Political offices
Preceded byBrian Maginess Minister of Home Affairs
1956–56
Succeeded byWalter Topping
Preceded byBrian Maginess Minister of Finance
1956
Succeeded byTerence O'Neill


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