Ulster Unionist Party leadership election, 1974

Ulster Unionist Party leadership election, 1974
1974

 
Candidate Harry West
Leader before election

Brian Faulkner

 Elected Leader

Harry West

The Ulster Unionist Party leadership election of 1974 took place on 22 January 1974, as a result of incumbent Brian Faulkner's resignation on 7 January 1974 because of difficulty in achieving agreement to the setting up of an all-Ireland council.[1] The election resulted in Harry West succeeding Faulkner as Leader of the UUP.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Faulkner, Brian". RTE Archives. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  2. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/feb/07/guardianobituaries.obituaries


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