Andrews ministry (Northern Ireland)

{{short description|Northern Irish home rule legislature}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox government cabinet

|cabinet_name = Andrews ministry

|cabinet_number = 2nd

|cabinet_type = Government

|jurisdiction = Northern Ireland

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|date_formed = 25 November 1940

|date_dissolved = 31 April 1943

|government_head = J. M. Andrews

|government_head_history =

|deputy_government_head = Vacant {{small|(1940–41)}}
John Milne Barbour {{small|(1941–43)}}

|state_head = George VI

|current_number = 6

|former_members_number =

|total_number =

|political_party = {{Unbulleted list | {{Color box|{{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}|border=darkgray}} UUP | {{Color box|{{party color|Northern Ireland Labour Party}}|border=darkgray}} NILP (from 1943)}}

|legislature_status = Majority {{Composition bar|39|52|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}

|opposition_cabinet = N/A - Nationalist Party largely abstained from attending Stormont

|opposition_party = {{Unbulleted list | {{Color box|{{party color|Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)}}|border=darkgray}} Nationalist Party}}

|opposition_leader = Thomas Joseph Campbell

|election =

|last_election =

|legislature_term = 5th House of Commons

|budget =

|incoming_formation =

|outgoing_formation =

|previous = Craigavon ministry

|successor = Brookeborough ministry

}}

{{Politics of Northern Ireland 1921-72}}

The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which existed from 7 June 1921 to 30 March 1972, when it was suspended. It was subsequently abolished under the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973.

The second Government or Executive Committee of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland was led by J. M. Andrews, who was Prime Minister from 25 November 1940 to 31 April 1943.

Cabinet

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| width=225 | Minister in the House of Commons

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| width=225 | Minister in the Senate

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! colspan="2" | Office

!Member

!Term

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| Prime Minister

| J. M. Andrews

| 25 November 1940 – 31 April 1943

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| Minister of Finance for Northern Ireland

| J. M. Barbour

| 16 January 1941 – 6 May 1943

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| Minister of Home Affairs for Northern Ireland

| Richard Dawson-Bates

| 7 June 1921 – 6 May 1943

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| Minister of Education for Northern Ireland

| J. H. Robb

| 1 December 1937 – 6 May 1943

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| Minister of Agriculture for Northern Ireland

| Herbert Dixon, 1st Baron Glentoran

| 16 January 1941 – 6 May 1943

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| Minister of Labour for Northern Ireland

| John Fawcett Gordon

| 29 August 1938 – 6 May 1943

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| Minister of Commerce for Northern Ireland

| Basil Brooke

| 16 January 1941 – 16 February 1945

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| rowspan="3" | Minister of Public Security

| John MacDermott

| 25 June 1940 – 10 November 1941

William Grant

| 10 November 1941 – 6 May 1943

{{cite web | title=The Government of Northern Ireland | work=Election demon | url=http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/administration.html| access-date=28 June 2007 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070708092018/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/administration.html| archive-date= 8 July 2007 | url-status= live}}

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