October 1974
Member of Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament for South Down
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at South Down in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Elected Member of Parliament for South Down
Addresses South Down Unionists on Ulster and the constitutional questions facing Northern Ireland.
Resigns his seat in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement
Wins the South Down by-election after Unionist MPs resign their seats to campaign against the Anglo-Irish Agreement.
Loses South Down to SDLP candidate Eddie McGrady by 731 votes, bringing his parliamentary career to an end.
Provenance
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