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Allegiance. United Kingdom. Branch/service. Royal Air Force. Years of service. 1943–1945. Battles/wars. World War II. William Craig (2 December 1924 – 24 April 2011) was a Northern Irish unionist politician and solicitor, best known for forming the Unionist Vanguard movement.
The Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party ( VUPP ), informally known as Ulster Vanguard, was a unionist political party which existed in Northern Ireland between 1972 and 1978. Led by William Craig, the party emerged from a split in the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and was closely affiliated with several loyalist paramilitary groups.
The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which existed from 7 June 1921 to 30 March 1972, when it was suspended. It was subsequently abolished under the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 . The third Government or Executive Committee of the Privy Council of Northern ...
James Craig, 1st Viscount CraigavonPCPC (NI)DL(8 January 1871 – 24 November 1940), was a leading Irish unionistand a key architect of Northern Irelandas a devolved regionwithin the United Kingdom. During the Home Rule Crisisof 1912–14, he defied the British government in preparing an armed resistance in Ulsterto an all-Ireland parliament.
October 1974 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland ← Feb. 1974 10 October 1974 1979 → 12 seats in Northern Ireland of the 635 seats in the House of Commons First party Second party Leader Harry West William Craig Party UUP Vanguard Leader since Jan. 1974 1973 Leader's seat Fermanagh and South Tyrone (defeated) Belfast East Seats won 6 3 Seat change 1 Popular vote 256,053 ...
The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) ( Irish: Cumann Cearta Sibhialta Thuaisceart Éireann) was an organisation that campaigned for civil rights in Northern Ireland during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Formed in Belfast on 9 April 1967, [1] the civil rights campaign attempted to achieve reform by publicising, documenting, and ...
Terence Marne O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine, PC (NI) (10 September 1914 – 12 June 1990), was the fourth prime minister of Northern Ireland and leader (1963–1969) of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP). A moderate unionist who sought to reconcile sectarian divisions in Northern Ireland society and met with his counterpart in the Irish ...
This is a list of members elected to the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention, sorted by party. Party. Name. Constituency. Ulster Unionist Party (19) Austin Ardill. South Antrim. Michael Armstrong. Armagh.