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  1. 1871-1940. Ulster Unionist politician, the
  2. first prime minister of Northern Ireland
  3. 1921-40. Craig became a member of Parliament
  4. 1906, and was a highly effective organizer of
  5. Unionist resistance to Home Rule. As prime
  6. minister he carried out systematic
  7. discrimination against the Catholic minority,
  8. abolishing proportional representation 1929
  9. and redrawing constituency boundaries to
  10. ensure Protestant majorities.
  11.