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John Ferguson (Northern Ireland politician)

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John Ferguson
Member of
Belfast City Council
In office
30 May 1973 – 18 May 1977
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded byJohn Cushnahan
ConstituencyBelfast Area H
Member of the Legislative Assembly
for North Belfast
In office
28 June 1973 – 1974
Preceded byAssembly established
Succeeded byAssembly abolished
Personal details
BornJune 1911
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Political partyAlliance Party (from 1970)
Other political
affiliations
Ulster Unionist (before 1970)

John Ferguson (born June 1911, date of death unknown) was a Northern Irish politician.

Background

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Ferguson was born in Belfast in June 1911 and studied at the Moravian School. He worked as a fruit merchant, becoming chairman of the Retail Fruit Federation of Northern Ireland, and also as a volunteer social workers within Toc H, then joined the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP). He stood for the UUP in Belfast Oldpark at the 1965 Northern Ireland general election, and took 40.5% of the vote, but was not elected. In 1967, he became a Justice of the Peace.[1]

Ferguson was a founder member of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland, and won a seat on Belfast City Council at the 1973 Northern Ireland local elections. He was also successful in Belfast North at the 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly election, but when he stood in the equivalent Westminster constituency at the October 1974 general election, he took only 8.1% of the vote.[1] He stood again in Belfast North for the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention, but he narrowly missed re-election.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Ted Nealon, Ireland: a parliamentary directory, 1973–1974, p.193
  2. ^ North Belfast 1973–82, Northern Ireland Elections
Northern Ireland Assembly (1973)
New assembly Assembly Member for North Belfast
1973–1974
Assembly abolished