John Dunlop (Unionist politician) explained

John Dunlop
Office:Member of Parliament
for Mid Ulster
Term Start:28 February 1974
Term End:9 June 1983
Predecessor:Bernadette Devlin
Successor:William McCrea
Birth Date:20 May 1910
Birth Place:County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Death Date:10 March 1996
Party:United Ulster Unionist (1975- 1984)
Otherparty:Ulster Vanguard (1974 - 1975)

John Dunlop (20 May 1910[1] – 10 March 1996) was a Northern Irish unionist politician.

Political career

He was the son of Martin Dunlop, and went to college in Belfast.[2]

He was Member of Parliament for Mid Ulster from 1974 to 1983.[3] Initially elected as a member of the Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party, from 1976 he represented the short-lived breakaway United Ulster Unionist Party. He also supported the United Unionist Action Council, led by Ian Paisley.[4] Eisenhower Fellowships selected John Dunlop in 1989 to represent Northern Ireland. In 1982, he stood unsuccessfully for election to the Northern Ireland Assembly, achieving the lowest-ever vote for a sitting MP at a regional-level election.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Stenton . Michael . Lees . Stephen . Who's who of British Members of Parliament: 1945-1979 . 1976 . Harvester Press . 978-0-391-01087-1 . 1255 . 3 December 2024 . en.
  2. Book: Dod's Parliamentary Companion . 1983 . Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited . 978-0-905702-08-7 . 381 . 3 December 2024 . en.
  3. Book: Waller . Robert . The Almanac of British Politics . 1987 . Croom Helm . 978-0-7099-2798-3 . 592 . 3 December 2024 . en.
  4. Book: Elliott . Sydney . Flackes . W. D. . Conflict in Northern Ireland: An Encyclopedia . 2 December 1999 . Bloomsbury Academic . 978-0-87436-989-2 . 242 . 3 December 2024 . en.
  5. http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/cmu.htm Northern Ireland elections