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.
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]