Herbert Kirk

{{Short description|Member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland (1912–2006)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}} {{Use British English|date=November 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Right Honourable | name = Herbert Kirk | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | office = Minister of Finance | parliament = Northern Ireland Assembly | monarch = Elizabeth II | term_start = January 1974 | term_end = May 1974 | predecessor = Position created | successor = Executive suspended | office2 = Minister of Finance | parliament2 = Parliament of Northern Ireland | monarch2 = Elizabeth II | prime_minister2 = Terence O'Neill 1965–69<br /> James Chichester-Clark 1969–71<br /> Brian Faulkner 1971–72 | deputy2 = | term_start2 = 1965 | term_end2 = 1972 | predecessor2 = Ivan Neill | successor2 = Position prorogued | office3 = Minister of Education | parliament3 = Northern Ireland | monarch3 = Elizabeth II | prime_minister3 = Terence O'Neill | term_start3 = 1964 | term_end3 = 1965 | deputy3 = | predecessor3 = Ivan Neill | successor3 = William Fitzsimmons | office4 = Minister of Labour | parliament4 = Northern Ireland | monarch4 = Elizabeth II | prime_minister4 = Basil Brooke 1962–63<br /> Terence O'Neill 1963–64 | term_start4 = 1962 | term_end4 = 1964 | predecessor4 = Ivan Neill | successor4 = William James Morgan | constituency_MP5 = Belfast Windsor | term_start5 = 23 November 1956 | term_end5 = 30 March 1972 | predecessor5 = Archibald Wilson | successor5 = Parliament abolished | majority5 = Elected unopposed | birth_name = Herbert Kirk | birth_date = 5 June 1912 | birth_place = Belfast, Ireland | death_date = 4 March 2006 (aged 93) | death_place = Belfast, Northern Ireland | party = Ulster Unionist Party | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = Queen's University, Belfast | occupation = Politician | profession = Accountant | website = }}

'''Herbert Victor Kirk''' PC (5 June 1912 – 4 March 2006) was an Ulster Unionist cabinet minister in Parliament of Northern Ireland.

==Early life== Born in Belfast, Kirk studied at Queen's University, Belfast before becoming an accountant.

==Career== Kirk became active in the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and in 1956 was elected to represent Belfast Windsor in the Parliament of Northern Ireland. In 1962, he became the Minister of Labour and National Insurance, also joining the Privy Council of Northern Ireland. In 1964, he moved to become Minister of Education, and the following year, Minister of Finance.

After the abolition of the Parliament, Kirk was elected in Belfast South to the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973. He was a supporter of Brian Faulkner, and was re-appointed as Minister of Finance (''de facto'' Deputy Prime Minister) until the assembly's suspension in May 1974, after which he quit politics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/othelem/people/biography/kpeople.htm|title=CAIN: People: Biographies of People Prominent During 'the Troubles' - K|website=cain.ulster.ac.uk}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}} *[http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/biographies.html Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons]

{{s-start}} {{s-par|ni}} {{s-bef | before = Archibald Wilson }} {{s-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for Belfast Windsor | years = 1956–1973 }} {{s-non|reason=Parliament abolished}} {{s-par|ni/ass73}} {{s-new | assembly}} {{s-ttl | title = Assembly Member for South Belfast | years = 1973–1974 }} {{s-non | reason = Assembly abolished }} {{s-off}} {{succession box| title=Minister of Labour and National Insurance | before=Ivan Neill | after=William James Morgan | years=1962–64}} {{succession box| title=Minister of Education | before=Ivan Neill | after=William Fitzsimmons | years=1964–65}} {{s-bef | before=Ivan Neill }} {{s-ttl | title=Minister of Finance | years=1965–72 }} {{s-non | reason = Position prorogued 1972<br />Parliament abolished 1973 }} {{s-end}}

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