The Minister of Commerce was a member of the Executive Committee of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland (Cabinet) in the Parliament of Northern Ireland which governed Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1972. The post was combined with that of the Minister of Agriculture until 1925. In 1943, it was renamed Minister of Commerce and Production and was combined with the post of Prime Minister of Northern Ireland until 1945, then with Leader of the Senate of Northern Ireland until 1949.
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Commerce (and Production) 1921 – 1925 Robert McKeown 1925 – 1941 vacant 1941 – 1943 Sir Wilson Hungerford 1943 – 1945 Brian Maginess 1945 vacant 1945 – 1949 Robert Perceval-Maxwell 1949 - 1952 vacant 1952 – 1953 2nd Baron Glentoran 1953 - 1959 vacant 1959 – 1961 William Morgan 1961 vacant 1961 – 1965 William Fitzsimmons 1965 - 1969 vacant 1969 – 1971 John Brooke Office abolished 1971
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The Government of Northern Ireland
1921 establishments in Northern Ireland
1972 disestablishments in Northern Ireland
Executive Committee of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland
