Jim Speers
Jim Speers | |
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Member ofArmagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council | |
In office 22 May 2014 – 18 May 2023 | |
Preceded by | Council created |
Succeeded by | Keith Ratcliffe |
Constituency | Cusher |
Member ofArmagh City and District Council | |
In office 15 May 1985 – 22 May 2014 | |
Preceded by | District created |
Succeeded by | Council abolished |
Constituency | The Orchard |
In office 18 May 1977 – 20 May 1981 | |
Preceded by | Nelson Huddleston |
Succeeded by | District abolished |
Constituency | Armagh Area B |
Member of theNorthern Ireland Forum forNewry and Armagh | |
In office 30 May 1996 – 25 April 1998 | |
Preceded by | Forum established |
Succeeded by | Forum dissolved |
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly forArmagh | |
In office 1983–1986 | |
Preceded by | Seamus Mallon |
Succeeded by | Assembly dissolved |
Personal details | |
Born | 20 May 1946 County Armagh,Northern Ireland |
Political party | Ulster Unionist Party |
James Alexander SpeersMBE(born 20 May 1946), known asJim Speers,is a Northern Irish farmer and formerUlster Unionist Party(UUP) politician, active inCounty Armagh.
Career[edit]
Speers works as a businessman and part-time farmer. He was elected toArmagh City and District Councilin 1977 for theUlster Unionist Party.[1]
He was an unsuccessful candidate at the1982 Northern Ireland Assembly election,but was elected to the Assembly the following year in a by-election caused by the disqualification ofSeamus Mallon,aSocial Democratic and Labour Party(SDLP) member of the1982 Northern Ireland Assembly,who had been a member ofSeanad Éireannat the time of his election.[2]The SDLP called on voters toboycott the election,which Speers contested as the UUP candidate. He easily beat the only other candidate,Tom Frenchof theWorkers' Party,and served on the Assembly until it was abolished in 1986.[3]
Speers contestedNewry and Armaghat the1992 United Kingdom general election,and took second place, with 36% of the vote.[4]In 1996, he was elected to theNorthern Ireland Forum,as a UUP representative forNewry and Armagh.However, he failed to take a seat at the1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election.[5]
Speers later served on theNorthern Ireland Tourist Board,[1]and as of 2007[update]is the Chairperson of the UUP's Newry & Armagh Constituency Association,[6]while continuing to sit on Armagh Council.
References[edit]
- ^ab"RE-APPOINTMENT TO THE NORTHERN IRELAND TOURIST BOARD",Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment,2 September 2003
- ^Northern Ireland elections
- ^A Chronology of the Conflict – 1983,CAIN Web Service
- ^Newry and Armagh, 1983–1992,Northern Ireland Elections
- ^Newry and Armagh,Northern Ireland Elections
- ^About usArchived14 December 2006 at theWayback Machine,Newry and Armagh Ulster Unionist Constituency Association