Richard Reid | |
|---|---|
| Member of Cookstown District Council | |
| In office 18 May 1977 –20 May 1981 | |
| Preceded by | N.Glasgow |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth Loughrin |
| Constituency | Cookstown Area A |
| Constitutional Convention Member for Mid Ulster | |
| In office 1975–1976 | |
| Preceded by | New convention |
| Succeeded by | Convention abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | County Tyrone,Northern Ireland |
| Political party | DUP |
Richard Reid is a former Northern Irish unionist politician.
Reid worked as a farmer in Pomeroy,County Tyrone. An evangelical Protestant,he became friendly with Norman Porter,secretary of the National Union of Protestants. In 1950,he arranged a meeting at the town courthouse for Monica Farrell,and through this,became acquainted with Ian Paisley. [1] He subsequently joined Paisley's Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster,and,although there was no local congregation,he became a church elder. [2]
In 1975,Reid stood for Paisley's Democratic Unionist Party in Mid Ulster,and was elected to the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention. [3] He was also elected to Cookstown District Council at the 1977 Northern Ireland local elections. [4]
From the 1980s on,Reid withdrew from formal politics,but he was active in the Orange Order,where he became known as a leading traditionalist during the Drumcree conflict. [5]