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 – 10 March 1996) was a Northern Irish unionist politician.

Political career

He was Member of Parliament for Mid Ulster from 1974 to 1983. Initially elected as a member of the Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party, from 1976 he represented the short-lived breakaway United Ulster Unionist Party. 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.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/cmu.htm Northern Ireland elections