Herbert Whitten Explained

Herbert Whitten
Office:Mayor of Craigavon
Term Start:1978
Term End:1979
Office1:Member of
Craigavon Borough Council
Constituency1:Craigavon Area B
Term Start1:30 May 1973
Term End1:1981
Predecessor1:Council established
Office2:Member of the Constitutional Convention
for Armagh
Term Start2:1975
Term End2:1976
Predecessor2:Convention established
Successor2:Convention dissolved
Office3:Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Armagh
Term Start3:28 June 1973
Term End3:1974
Office4:Member of Parliament
for Central Armagh
Term Start4:24 February 1969
Term End4:1972
Predecessor4:Isaac Hawthorne
Successor4:Parliament abolished
Office5:Member of
Portadown District Council
Term Start5:1968
Term End5:1973
Successor5:Council abolished
Birth Date:1909
Birth Place:Portadown, Northern Ireland
Death Date:1981
Party:Ulster Unionist Party

Herbert Whitten (1909–1981) was a Northern Irish unionist politician.

Background

Born in Portadown, Whitten became the managing director of T. A. Shillington, a builders' merchants. He was elected to Portadown District Council as an Ulster Unionist Party member in 1968, and at the 1969 Northern Ireland general election, he was elected for Central Armagh.[1]

In 1973, following the reorganisation of local government in Northern Ireland, Whitten was elected to Craigavon Borough Council, and he also took a seat in Armagh on the 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly. He held this seat on the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention. In 1978–79, he served as Mayor of Craigavon.

References

  1. http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/biographies.html Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons