Raymond McCullough explained

Raymond McCullough
Office:Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for South Down
Term Start:20 October 1982
Term End:June 1985
Predecessor:Assembly re-established
Successor:Jeffrey Donaldson
Office1:Member of
Banbridge District Council
Constituency1:Knockiveagh
Term Start1:15 May 1985
Term End1:June 1985
Predecessor1:District created
Successor1:Vivienne Bennett
Constituency2:Banbridge Area B
Term Start2:30 May 1973
Term End2:15 May 1985
Predecessor2:Council established
Successor2:District abolished
Birth Date:1919
Birth Place:County Down, Northern Ireland
Death Date:June 1985
Party:Ulster Unionist

Raymond McCullough (1919 – June 1985) was a Northern Irish Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for South Down from 1982, until 1985.

Political career

McCullough, who was Honorary Secretary of the South Down Unionist Association, was elected to Banbridge District Council on that body's creation in 1973 and subsequently served as chairman.[1] He was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly at the 1982 election to represent South Down and remained a member until his death, serving as deputy chairman of the Agriculture Committee and a member of the Environment Committee.[1] He was also a member of the committee of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland.[1]

Following his death McCullough's Assembly seat was won by Jeffrey Donaldson[2] whilst his council seat went to his daughter Vivienne McCullough as an independent Unionist.[3]

Notes and References

  1. W.D. Flackes & Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968–1993, Belfast: Blackstaff Press, 1994, p. 219
  2. http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/issues/politics/election/raby1985.htm By-election details
  3. Web site: Local authority gains youngest councillor - Local - Banbridge Leader . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725014432/http://www.banbridgeleader.co.uk/news/local/local_authority_gains_youngest_councillor_1_1625654 . 25 July 2011 .