Hugh Smyth | |
Office: | Member of Larne Borough Council |
Constituency: | Larne Area A |
Term Start: | 30 May 1973 |
Term End: | 15 May 1985 |
Predecessor: | Council created |
Successor: | District abolished |
Office1: | Member of the Constitutional Convention for North Antrim |
Term Start1: | 1975 |
Term End1: | 1976 |
Predecessor1: | Convention created |
Successor1: | Convention dissolved |
Office2: | Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for North Antrim |
Term Start2: | 28 June 1973 |
Term End2: | 1974 |
Predecessor2: | Assembly established |
Successor2: | Assembly abolished |
Birth Date: | 1905 |
Birth Place: | Ballyclare, County Antrim, Northern Ireland |
Death Date: | 4 January 1998 |
Party: | Alliance Party |
Hugh Wilson (1905 – 4 January 1998)[1] was a Northern Irish politician.
Born in Ballyclare,[2] Wilson worked as a surgeon. At the 1969 Northern Ireland general election, he stood as an unofficial Unionist supporter of the Prime Minister Terence O'Neill, taking 48% of the vote but being narrowly defeated by William Craig.[3]
In the 1973 Northern Ireland local elections, Wilson was elected in Area "A" of Larne Borough Council, and held his seat in 1977 and 1981.[4]
Wilson was elected in the 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly election in North Antrim, and held his seat on the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention. He stood unsuccessfully for the Alliance Party in Ian Paisley's Westminster seat of North Antrim in February 1974 and 1979. In the late 1970s, Wilson served as President of the Alliance Party.