John McKay (Northern Ireland politician) explained

John McKay
Office:Member of the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention
for Fermanagh and South Tyrone
Term Start:1975
Term End:1976
Birth Date:1945
Birth Place:County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Party:Ulster Unionist Party

John Alexander McKay (born 1945) was a Northern Irish unionist politician.

Political career

McKay was an Ulster Unionist Party member of the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention for Fermanagh and South Tyrone.[1] McKay had finished seventh overall in the election but was elected thanks to transfers from fellow United Ulster Unionist Council candidate David Calvert, who was not elected to the body despite finishing above McKay on first preferences. The election was determined through the single transferable vote model.[2]

Notes and References

  1. W. D. Flackes & Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland A Political Directory 1968-1993, Blackstaff Press, 1994, p. 222
  2. http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/cfst.htm Fermanagh and South Tyrone 1973-1982