At the elections for the 1975 Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention, Gillespie stood in Belfast West again, but narrowly lost his seat to independent unionist Hugh Smyth.[2] He did not contest any further elections.
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^Ted Nealon, Ireland: a parliamentary directory, 1973–1974, p.197
desmond, gillespie, february, 1912, 1986, irish, nationalist, politician, born, kilnaleck, county, cavan, gillespie, worked, publican, belfast, before, joining, social, democratic, labour, party, sdlp, stood, belfast, city, council, 1973, local, elections, ele. Desmond Gillespie February 1912 22 May 1986 was an Irish nationalist politician Born in Kilnaleck County Cavan Gillespie worked as a publican in Belfast before joining the Social Democratic and Labour Party SDLP He stood for Belfast City Council at the 1973 local elections but was not elected 1 However he fared better at the 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly election where he was elected to represent Belfast West 2 For the February 1974 UK general election he moved to stand in Belfast East but he took only 2 6 of the votes cast and the SDLP decided not to stand any candidate in the seat at the October general election 3 At the elections for the 1975 Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention Gillespie stood in Belfast West again but narrowly lost his seat to independent unionist Hugh Smyth 2 He did not contest any further elections References edit Ted Nealon Ireland a parliamentary directory 1973 1974 p 197 a b West Belfast 1973 82 Northern Ireland Elections East Belfast 1973 82 Northern Ireland Elections Northern Ireland Assembly 1973 New assembly Assembly Member for West Belfast1973 1974 Assembly abolished Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Desmond Gillespie amp oldid 1170696139, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
