About James Johnston (Northern Ireland politician)
The Rt Hon.
Sir James Johnston, PC (29 November 1849 – 13 April 1924) was a unionist politician in Northern 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.