Ulster Constitution Party

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Ulster Constitution Party
Leader Lindsay Mason
Founded1971
Dissolved1974
Ideology
Political position Far-right

The Ulster Constitution Party was a minor Unionist political party in Northern Ireland, active in the early 1970s.

History

The party was established by two Belfast City Council councillors, David M. Riddelsdell and Robert Lindsay Mason. [1] Mason was effective leader from the group's establishment in 1971 [2] whilst Riddelsdell acted as party secretary. [1] The party's two representatives lost their Council seats in the 1973 election when they ran as part of wider Ulster loyalist coalition groups. [3] With no elected representatives the party effectively disappeared in 1974 when the National Front expanded its operations in Northern Ireland and Mason became a member. [1] [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Melaugh, Martin; Lynn, Brendan; McKenna, Fionnuala. "Abstracts on Organisations - 'U'". Conflict Archive on the Internet . University of Ulster . Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  2. 1 2 Ciarán Ó Maoláin, The Radical Right: A World Directory, Longman, 1987, p. 334
  3. The Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Belfast