The 1958 Northern Ireland general election was called on 27 February by 1st Viscount Brookeborough[1] to be held on 20 March 1958.
Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party.
The Northern Ireland Labour Party returned to the Commons after being wiped out in the 1949 election.
[2] Unemployment was also an issue in the election with 50,000 people out of work in the province in that year.
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