Charles McCullough (Northern Ireland politician)
Charles McCullough | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Northern Ireland Senate | |
| In office 1970–1972 | |
| Member of Belfast City Council | |
| In office 1958–1965 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 December 1923 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Died | 4 October 2014 |
| Political party | Democratic Unionist (from 1971) Ulster Unionist Party (1961 - 1970) |
| Other political affiliations | Ulster Protestant Action (1956 - 1961) |
Charles McCullough, sometimes known as Charlie McCullough, (18 December 1923 – 4 October 2014)[1] was a Northern Irish unionist politician, native of Belfast.
Background
[edit]McCullough was based on the Shankill Road.[2] He was a member of the founding executive of Ulster Protestant Action, in 1956.[3] He was elected to Belfast City Council for the group in 1958,[4] topping the poll.[5] He left the group before the next elections, in 1961, joining the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP).[6]
Cullough secured re-election under his new party colours and, by 1965, he was the chair of its Improvement Committee. He resigned from this following a dispute over the naming of the Queen Elizabeth Bridge; he had instead hoped it would be named for Edward Carson, and believed that this name had been rejected due to party indiscipline.[7]
In 1968, McCullough was elected to the Senate of Northern Ireland.[8] He resigned from the UUP in September 1970,[9] and became a founder member of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) the following year.[10] The Senate ceased to meet in 1972,[8] and, although McCullough remained a supporter of the DUP, he did not stand in any further elections. On 4 October 2014, he died at the age of 90.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "OBITUARY: DUP founder and submarine hero Charles McCullough". NewsLetter. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^ Ed Moloney and Andrew Pollak, Paisley, p.79
- ^ Ed Moloney and Andrew Pollak, Paisley, p.82
- ^ Clifford Smyth, Ian Paisley: Voice of Protestant Ulster, p.9
- ^ Ed Moloney and Andrew Pollak, Paisley, p.89
- ^ Ed Moloney and Andrew Pollak, Paisley, p.100
- ^ Ian Budge and Cornelius O'Leary, Belfast: approach to crisis: a study of Belfast politics, 1613-1970, p.163
- ^ a b "The Northern Ireland Senate, 1921-72", Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ Richard Deutsch, Northern Ireland 1969-73 a chronology of events, p.127
- ^ Official report of debates, Issue 12, Northern Ireland Assembly (1982), p.155
- ^ "Shankill unionist Charles McCullough dies - Belfast Newsletter". Archived from the original on 26 November 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- 1923 births
- 2014 deaths
- Democratic Unionist Party members of the Senate of Northern Ireland
- Members of Belfast City Council
- Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1965–1969
- Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1969–1973
- Ulster Protestant Action members
- Ulster Unionist Party members of the Senate of Northern Ireland