James Johnston (Northern Ireland politician)

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,"The High Sheriff List", Irish Times, 27 January 1912 and Lord Mayor of Belfast from 1917 to 1919.Ian Budge and Cornelius O'Leary, Belfast: Approach to Crisis, p.140 In 1921, he was elected to the Senate of Northern Ireland, but served only three years.John F. Harbinson, The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882-1973, p.207 He was a Deputy Speaker of the Senate from 1921 until 1923.The Northern Ireland Senate, 1921-72 , Northern Ireland Elections

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