Robert Campbell (Northern Ireland politician)
Robert Campbell | |
|---|---|
| Member of North Down Borough Council | |
| In office 30 May 1973 – 18 May 1977 | |
| Preceded by | Council established |
| Succeeded by | Maisie McMullan |
| Constituency | North Down Area C |
| Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for North Down | |
| In office 28 June 1973 – 1974 | |
| Preceded by | Assembly founded |
| Succeeded by | Assembly abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1914 (age 111–112) County Down, Northern Ireland |
| Party | Unionist Party NI (from 1974) |
| Other political affiliations | Ulster Unionist (until 1974) |
Robert Victor Campbell (born 1914[1]) was a Northern Irish unionist politician.
Campbell was educated at the Coleraine Academical Institution and the Belfast Technical College.[1]
Political career
Campbell was an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) alderman in North Down, and on 23 November 1972, he was made a freeman of the Borough of North Down – only the sixth person to receive the title.[2] At the 1973 Northern Ireland local elections, he was elected to the reconstituted North Down Borough Council, topping the poll in North Down C,[3] and he was also elected at the 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly election in North Down.[4]
Campbell subsequently resigned from the UUP and joined the Unionist Party of Northern Ireland. He stood again in North Down for the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention, but was not elected,[4] and did not contest his council seat in 1977.[3]
References
- ^ a b McAllister, Ian; Rose, Richard (1982). United Kingdom Facts. Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 9781349042043.
- ^ North Down Matters, Winter '07, p.8
- ^ a b "The Local Government Elections 1973–1981: North Down", Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ a b "North Down 1973–1982", Northern Ireland Elections