John McKay (Northern Ireland politician)

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John McKay
Member of the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention
for Fermanagh and South Tyrone
In office
1975–1976
Personal details
Born1945
County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Political party Ulster Unionist Party

John Alexander McKay (born 1945) was a Northern Irish unionist politician.

Political career

McKay was an Ulster Unionist Party member of the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention for Fermanagh and South Tyrone. [1] McKay had finished seventh overall in the election but was elected thanks to transfers from fellow United Ulster Unionist Council candidate David Calvert, who was not elected to the body despite finishing above McKay on first preferences. The election was determined through the single transferable vote model. [2]

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References

  1. W. D. Flackes & Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland A Political Directory 1968-1993, Blackstaff Press, 1994, p. 222
  2. Fermanagh and South Tyrone 1973-1982
Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention
New convention Member for Fermanagh & South Tyrone
1975–1976
Convention dissolved