Wesley Pentland Explained

Wesley Pentland
Birth Date:1929
Death Date:23 September 2007
Party:DUP
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly
for North Down
Termstart:1982
Termend:1986
Predecessor:New Assembly
Successor:Assembly abolished

Wesley Pentland (1929 – 23 September 2007) was an Irish travel industry executive and unionist politician in Northern Ireland.

Career

Pentland began his career at Portadown railway station, then owned and managed a series of travel agencies, in Belfast. He became President of ABTA (the Association of British Travel Agents) and Chairman of the Institute of Travel and Tourism in the 1980s.[1] [2]

Pentland was a regular preacher for the Salvation Army for more than fifty years. He was also active in the Democratic Unionist Party, and was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1982, from North Down.

References

  1. Phil Davies, "Ex-ABTA president Wesley Pentland passes away", TravelMole, 25 September 2007
  2. "Wesley Pentland remembered", Lurgan Mail, 27 September 2007