Kilfedder won a seat for the party in North Down at the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1982. Only a minority of his votes transferred to his running mate, George Green, who missed out on taking a second seat by just six votes. Kilfedder was subsequently elected Speaker of the Assembly.
Kilfedder held his seat in the UK Parliament at the 1983 general election with a large majority, but fared less well when he stood in the 1984 European election, taking only 2.9% of the first preference votes. A unionist pact enabled Kilfedder to easily win a by-election in 1986, when he joined the other unionist MPs in resigning in protest at the Anglo-Irish Agreement. A challenge from Bob McCartney, standing as a "Real Unionist", led to a close election in 1987, but Kilfedder held on, and beat a Conservative Party opponent in 1992.
United Ulster Unionist Party, existed from 1975 and 1982, splinted from the Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party due to a disagreement over power-sharing
The Unionist Party was a political label adopted at various times in the United States by opponents of secession. It was used primarily by Southerners who did not want to affiliate with the Republicans, or wished to win over anti-secession Democrats.
The label first appeared 1850, during the dispute over the Compromise of 1850. Southerners who supported the Compromise (mainly Whigs) adopted the Unionist label to win over pro-Compromise Democrats and defeat anti-Compromise Democrats. The name change emphasized the Compromise issue, and implied that ordinary Whig political issues, such as the tariff, had been set aside.
By 1860, the Whig Party was defunct. A group of former Whigs formed the Constitutional Union Party, with John Bell as candidate for president. Also, as in 1850, ex-Whigs and anti-secession Democrats combined as "Unionists" to oppose secessionists in state elections, especially in Kentucky, Maryland. Missouri, and Virginia, where the Republican Party label was still toxic. Bell's candidacy was ineffective, but the state strategy proved successful as the American Civil War began in 1861.
As an alternative to a coalition with Laurier, on October 12, 1917, Borden formed the Union government with a Cabinet of twelve Conservatives, nine Liberals and Independents and one "Labour" member. To represent "labour" and the working class, Borden appointed to the Cabinet Conservative SenatorGideon Decker Robertson who had been appointed to the Senate in January and had links with the conservative wing of the labour movement through his profession as a telegrapher. Robertson, however, was a Tory and not a member of any Labour or socialist party.
Ulster (/ˈʌlstər/; Irish:Ulaidh pronounced[ˈul̪ˠəi] or Cúige Uladh pronounced[ˈkuːɟə ˈul̪ˠə], Ulster Scots: Ulstèr or Ulster) is a province in the north of the island of Ireland. In ancient Ireland, it was one of the fifths (Irish:cúige) ruled by a rí ruirech, or "king of over-kings".
The definition of the province was fluid from early to medieval times. It took a definitive shape in the reign of King James I of England when all the counties of Ireland were eventually shired. This process of evolving conquest had been under way since the Norman invasion of Ireland, particularly as advanced by the Cambro-Norman magnates Hugh de Lacy and John de Courcy. Ulster was a central topic role in the parliamentary debates that eventually resulted in the Government of Ireland Act 1920. Under the terms of the Act, Ireland was divided into two territories, Southern Ireland and Northern Ireland, with the border passing through the province. "Southern Ireland" was to be all of Ireland except for "the parliamentary counties of Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone, and the parliamentary boroughs of Belfast and Londonderry [the city of Derry]" which were to constitute "Northern Ireland". The area of Northern Ireland was seen as the maximum area within which Ulster Protestants/unionists could be expected to have a safe majority, despite counties Fermanagh and Tyrone having slight Roman Catholic/Irish nationalist majorities. While these six counties and two parliamentary boroughs were all in the province of Ulster, three other counties of the province – Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan – were assigned to the Irish Free State.
Often made of hard-wearing fabrics, such as herringbones or tweeds, it was not a formal coat at the time, though in the 21st century a cape would be seen as such. After the Edwardian period, it lost its cape, and continued to be used as a heavy-duty overcoat, often in a double-breasted style.
A lightweight version of this coat is called an ulsterette.
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NORTHERN IRELAND: ULSTER UNIONIST PARTY TO PICK NEW LEADER
(8 Sep 1995) English/Nat
The Ulster Unionist party in Northern Ireland will pick a new leader Friday evening to take the majority Protestant community of the British-ruled province's into a new era.
The result of the election could affect the province's shaky progress towards peace.
The frontrunner is among those leadership candidates who say they would exclude Sinn Fein from the talks unless the IRA's political wing decommissions its weapons.
The Ulster Unionist party is the main vehicle for Northern Ireland's beleaguered Protestants, who want to keep the province as part of the United Kingdom.
The Ulster Unionists ruling council in Belfast will select a new leader from five candidates to replace James Molyneaux who resigned last week after 16 years in the party's top job.
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Northern Ireland is entering a new era and needs fresh leadership to:
🔵Rebuild the NHS
🔵Boost economic recovery
🔵Tackle the rising cost of living.
The Ulster...
Northern Ireland is entering a new era and needs fresh leadership to:
🔵Rebuild the NHS
🔵Boost economic recovery
🔵Tackle the rising cost of living.
The Ulster Unionist Party is offering a confident, positive, pro-union alternative that will work for everyone.
🗳On 5th May 2022 vote Ulster Unionist for a better Northern Ireland.
#NorthernIrelandDeservesBetter
Northern Ireland is entering a new era and needs fresh leadership to:
🔵Rebuild the NHS
🔵Boost economic recovery
🔵Tackle the rising cost of living.
The Ulster Unionist Party is offering a confident, positive, pro-union alternative that will work for everyone.
🗳On 5th May 2022 vote Ulster Unionist for a better Northern Ireland.
#NorthernIrelandDeservesBetter
(8 Sep 1995) English/Nat
The Ulster Unionist party in Northern Ireland will pick a new leader Friday evening to take the majority Protestant community of the...
(8 Sep 1995) English/Nat
The Ulster Unionist party in Northern Ireland will pick a new leader Friday evening to take the majority Protestant community of the British-ruled province's into a new era.
The result of the election could affect the province's shaky progress towards peace.
The frontrunner is among those leadership candidates who say they would exclude Sinn Fein from the talks unless the IRA's political wing decommissions its weapons.
The Ulster Unionist party is the main vehicle for Northern Ireland's beleaguered Protestants, who want to keep the province as part of the United Kingdom.
The Ulster Unionists ruling council in Belfast will select a new leader from five candidates to replace James Molyneaux who resigned last week after 16 years in the party's top job.
Fifty-eight-year-old John Taylor is the analysts' favourite.
He is the candidate regarded as the most likely to strike a deal with the nationalists - mainly Catholics who want the province reintegrated with the Irish Republic in the south.
Taylor believes that the south's government, based in Dublin, needs to play a part in the peace process.
SOUNDBITE:
"Well obviously, the first thing is for us to sit back and reexamine our policies, to confirm our position within the party and then to enter into dialogue because that's what politics is about. And we must enter into dialogue with government - whether it's Labour or Conservative - we must enter into dialogue with the political parties in Northern Ireland which reject violence on a permanent basis - and that obviously means at the present moment that we exclude Sinn Fein. And we can enter into dialogue with the Dublin government which represents the southern part of Ireland, which is a neighbour of ours - but only on matters of cooperation between Northern Ireland and southern Ireland. In now way would I talk to Dublin about the internal affairs of this part of the United Kingdom."
SUPER CAPTION: John Taylor MP, Ulster Unionist Leadership Candidate
Fifty-eight year-old Ken Maginnis is the most liberal of the candidates standing.
The media-friendly former teacher and part-time policeman is well liked in Dublin.
Maginnis believes the IRA should hand over its weapons before coming to the negotiating table.
SOUNDBITE:
"I think that I would leave no doubt in the minds of Sinn Fein, IRA, as to what I feel about the possession of tonnes upon tonnes of weapons. There would be no doubt in their minds that I would not capitulate on that particular issue, but that if they made the quantum leap from the mould of terrorism into the democratic process then I would be able to help to incorporate them in that process and ensure that - according to their electoral support - they had their proper place."
SUPER CAPTION: Ken Maginnis, Ulster Unionist Leadership Candidate
The vote by the 860 members of the Ulster Unionist's council at Belfast's Ulster Hall on Friday evening could dramatically quicken the increasingly sluggish journey to peace.
However, few believe that there will be a sudden shift of direction and the cautious Ulster Unionists are forever wary of playing into the hands of the Reverend Ian Paisley's rival hard-line Democratic Unionist Party.
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(8 Sep 1995) English/Nat
The Ulster Unionist party in Northern Ireland will pick a new leader Friday evening to take the majority Protestant community of the British-ruled province's into a new era.
The result of the election could affect the province's shaky progress towards peace.
The frontrunner is among those leadership candidates who say they would exclude Sinn Fein from the talks unless the IRA's political wing decommissions its weapons.
The Ulster Unionist party is the main vehicle for Northern Ireland's beleaguered Protestants, who want to keep the province as part of the United Kingdom.
The Ulster Unionists ruling council in Belfast will select a new leader from five candidates to replace James Molyneaux who resigned last week after 16 years in the party's top job.
Fifty-eight-year-old John Taylor is the analysts' favourite.
He is the candidate regarded as the most likely to strike a deal with the nationalists - mainly Catholics who want the province reintegrated with the Irish Republic in the south.
Taylor believes that the south's government, based in Dublin, needs to play a part in the peace process.
SOUNDBITE:
"Well obviously, the first thing is for us to sit back and reexamine our policies, to confirm our position within the party and then to enter into dialogue because that's what politics is about. And we must enter into dialogue with government - whether it's Labour or Conservative - we must enter into dialogue with the political parties in Northern Ireland which reject violence on a permanent basis - and that obviously means at the present moment that we exclude Sinn Fein. And we can enter into dialogue with the Dublin government which represents the southern part of Ireland, which is a neighbour of ours - but only on matters of cooperation between Northern Ireland and southern Ireland. In now way would I talk to Dublin about the internal affairs of this part of the United Kingdom."
SUPER CAPTION: John Taylor MP, Ulster Unionist Leadership Candidate
Fifty-eight year-old Ken Maginnis is the most liberal of the candidates standing.
The media-friendly former teacher and part-time policeman is well liked in Dublin.
Maginnis believes the IRA should hand over its weapons before coming to the negotiating table.
SOUNDBITE:
"I think that I would leave no doubt in the minds of Sinn Fein, IRA, as to what I feel about the possession of tonnes upon tonnes of weapons. There would be no doubt in their minds that I would not capitulate on that particular issue, but that if they made the quantum leap from the mould of terrorism into the democratic process then I would be able to help to incorporate them in that process and ensure that - according to their electoral support - they had their proper place."
SUPER CAPTION: Ken Maginnis, Ulster Unionist Leadership Candidate
The vote by the 860 members of the Ulster Unionist's council at Belfast's Ulster Hall on Friday evening could dramatically quicken the increasingly sluggish journey to peace.
However, few believe that there will be a sudden shift of direction and the cautious Ulster Unionists are forever wary of playing into the hands of the Reverend Ian Paisley's rival hard-line Democratic Unionist Party.
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Northern Ireland is entering a new era and needs fresh leadership to:
🔵Rebuild the NHS
🔵Boost economic recovery
🔵Tackle the rising cost of living.
The Ulster Unionist Party is offering a confident, positive, pro-union alternative that will work for everyone.
🗳On 5th May 2022 vote Ulster Unionist for a better Northern Ireland.
#NorthernIrelandDeservesBetter
(8 Sep 1995) English/Nat
The Ulster Unionist party in Northern Ireland will pick a new leader Friday evening to take the majority Protestant community of the British-ruled province's into a new era.
The result of the election could affect the province's shaky progress towards peace.
The frontrunner is among those leadership candidates who say they would exclude Sinn Fein from the talks unless the IRA's political wing decommissions its weapons.
The Ulster Unionist party is the main vehicle for Northern Ireland's beleaguered Protestants, who want to keep the province as part of the United Kingdom.
The Ulster Unionists ruling council in Belfast will select a new leader from five candidates to replace James Molyneaux who resigned last week after 16 years in the party's top job.
Fifty-eight-year-old John Taylor is the analysts' favourite.
He is the candidate regarded as the most likely to strike a deal with the nationalists - mainly Catholics who want the province reintegrated with the Irish Republic in the south.
Taylor believes that the south's government, based in Dublin, needs to play a part in the peace process.
SOUNDBITE:
"Well obviously, the first thing is for us to sit back and reexamine our policies, to confirm our position within the party and then to enter into dialogue because that's what politics is about. And we must enter into dialogue with government - whether it's Labour or Conservative - we must enter into dialogue with the political parties in Northern Ireland which reject violence on a permanent basis - and that obviously means at the present moment that we exclude Sinn Fein. And we can enter into dialogue with the Dublin government which represents the southern part of Ireland, which is a neighbour of ours - but only on matters of cooperation between Northern Ireland and southern Ireland. In now way would I talk to Dublin about the internal affairs of this part of the United Kingdom."
SUPER CAPTION: John Taylor MP, Ulster Unionist Leadership Candidate
Fifty-eight year-old Ken Maginnis is the most liberal of the candidates standing.
The media-friendly former teacher and part-time policeman is well liked in Dublin.
Maginnis believes the IRA should hand over its weapons before coming to the negotiating table.
SOUNDBITE:
"I think that I would leave no doubt in the minds of Sinn Fein, IRA, as to what I feel about the possession of tonnes upon tonnes of weapons. There would be no doubt in their minds that I would not capitulate on that particular issue, but that if they made the quantum leap from the mould of terrorism into the democratic process then I would be able to help to incorporate them in that process and ensure that - according to their electoral support - they had their proper place."
SUPER CAPTION: Ken Maginnis, Ulster Unionist Leadership Candidate
The vote by the 860 members of the Ulster Unionist's council at Belfast's Ulster Hall on Friday evening could dramatically quicken the increasingly sluggish journey to peace.
However, few believe that there will be a sudden shift of direction and the cautious Ulster Unionists are forever wary of playing into the hands of the Reverend Ian Paisley's rival hard-line Democratic Unionist Party.
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Kilfedder won a seat for the party in North Down at the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1982. Only a minority of his votes transferred to his running mate, George Green, who missed out on taking a second seat by just six votes. Kilfedder was subsequently elected Speaker of the Assembly.
Kilfedder held his seat in the UK Parliament at the 1983 general election with a large majority, but fared less well when he stood in the 1984 European election, taking only 2.9% of the first preference votes. A unionist pact enabled Kilfedder to easily win a by-election in 1986, when he joined the other unionist MPs in resigning in protest at the Anglo-Irish Agreement. A challenge from Bob McCartney, standing as a "Real Unionist", led to a close election in 1987, but Kilfedder held on, and beat a Conservative Party opponent in 1992.