William Annon

William Annon (1912 – October 1983) was an unionist politician in Northern Ireland.

Annon first became prominent as a member of the Ulster Unionist Party, becoming the chairman of its Sydenham branch, in Belfast.[1] He stood as an independent loyalist in East Belfast at the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1973, taking 2,192 votes, and was not elected.[2] He then joined the Democratic Unionist Party, and stood for it in North Belfast for the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention; he took 4,132 first-preference votes and was the last candidate elected.[3]

Annon was also prominent in the Apprentice Boys of Derry, and represented it on the United Unionist Action Council.[4] At the Northern Ireland local elections, 1977, he was elected in Belfast Area H, and he held his seat in 1981.[5] He died in October 1983, while still serving on the council.[6]

References

  1. ↑ William D. Flackes, Northern Ireland, a political directory, 1968-79, p.20
  2. ↑ "East Belfast 1973-82", Northern Ireland Elections
  3. ↑ "North Belfast 1973-1982", Northern Ireland Elections
  4. ↑ "Glossary of the strike", Irish Times, 2 May 1977, p.11
  5. ↑ "The Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Belfast", Northern Ireland Elections
  6. ↑ Belfast Telegraph, p.4, 27 February 1984
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