Joseph Foster Cairns

Joseph Foster Cairns (27 June 1920 2 May 1981) was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.

Joseph Foster Cairns
Born Joseph Foster Cairns
(1920-06-27)27 June 1920
Died (1981-05-02)2 May 1981

Cairns was the managing director of a furniture retailer, and chairman of a development company. He was elected to the Belfast Corporation for the Ulster Unionist Party, and served as Lord Mayor of Belfast from 19691972.[1] At the Northern Ireland general election, 1969, he stood in Belfast Oldpark, but was not elected.[2] Cairns died in May 1981 at the age of 60.[3]

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Civic offices
Preceded by
William McCracken
High Sheriff of Belfast
19631964
Succeeded by
William Christie
Preceded by
William Duncan Geddis
Lord Mayor of Belfast
19691972
Succeeded by
William Christie


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