9-739: Harold McCusker Ulster Unionist Party Harold McCusker Ulster Unionist Party The 1986 Upper Bann by-election was one of the fifteen 1986 Northern Ireland by-elections held on 23 January 1986, to fill vacancies in the Parliament of the United Kingdom caused by the resignation in December 1985 of all sitting Unionist Members of Parliament (MPs). The MPs, from the Ulster Unionist Party , Democratic Unionist Party and Ulster Popular Unionist Party , did this to highlight their opposition to
18-434: A member of Parliament representing a Northern Irish constituency is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council is a local authority that was established on 1 April 2015. It replaced Armagh City and District Council , Banbridge District Council and Craigavon Borough Council . The first elections to
27-728: The Anglo-Irish Agreement . Each of their parties agreed not to contest seats previously held by the others, and each outgoing MP stood for re-election. This Elections in Northern Ireland related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a by-election to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Ireland is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Harold McCusker James Harold McCusker (7 February 1940 – 12 February 1990)
36-764: The Armagh constituency , and was first returned to the British House of Commons at the February 1974 general election . He was returned again in October 1974 and in the 1979 election , having supported the Callaghan government in the vote of no confidence that had toppled it . In 1982 he topped the poll in Armagh in the Assembly election. At the 1983 general election , McCusker was returned for
45-439: The authority were on 22 May 2014 and it acted as a shadow authority, before the Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon district was created on 1 April 2015. For the purpose of elections the council is divided into seven district electoral areas (DEA): For further details see 2023 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council election . The area covered by the council has a population of 199,693 residents according to
54-419: The new seat of Upper Bann . Alongside other Unionist MPs, he resigned his seat in protest at the Anglo-Irish Agreement in 1985, in order to contest his seat again at the ensuing by-election . He was returned again at the 1987 general election , which was to prove his last — he died of cancer in 1990, causing another by-election , which was won by future Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble . McCusker
63-617: Was a Northern Ireland Ulster Unionist Party politician who served as the Deputy Leader of the UUP Assembly Group from 1982 to 1986. The younger son of Jim and Lily McCusker (he had one older brother), he was born and raised in the heart of Lurgan . Educated at Lurgan Model Primary School, Lurgan College and Stranmillis University College , before qualifying as a teacher. Before entering politics he worked in industry, latterly with Goodyear, in their Craigavon Plant. He represented
72-558: Was an Orangeman and staunch Unionist . He was married, with 3 sons, Moore, James and Colin. His youngest son, Colin (who was 18 at the time of his father's death), ran for the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2011 , polling 3,402 first preference votes, but failed to get elected. He served on Craigavon Borough Council from February 2012 to March 2015 as an Ulster Unionist, and was elected the last Mayor of Craigavon in June 2014. Colin
81-666: Was elected to the new Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council in May 2014. Prior to his death from cancer in 1990, five days after his 50th birthday, McCusker was expected to rise further in the Ulster Unionist Party and British political scenes, due to his ability and popularity among his peers and the wider public. He was a member of the Lurgan Circuit of the Methodist Church in Ireland . This article about
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