James Johnston (Northern Ireland politician)

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Sir James Johnston, PC (29 November 1849 – 13 April 1924) was a unionist politician in Ireland. Johnston was a company director and was elected to the Belfast Corporation for the Irish Unionist Party. He was High Sheriff of Belfast in 1912/3, and Lord Mayor of Belfast from 1917 to 1919. In 1921, he was elected to the Senate of Northern Ireland, but served only three years. He was a Deputy Speaker of the Senate from 1921 until 1923.

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