He served as an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) member of the Senate of Northern Ireland from 1966 to 1972.[2] In 1967, he attended the founding meeting of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association as a representative of the UUP, but he walked out of its founding meeting after failing to convince the organisation that the murder of a police officer merited the death penalty.[4]
nelson, elder, january, 1923, february, 1983, northern, irish, unionist, politician, early, life, editborn, limavady, elder, worked, bakery, joined, northern, ireland, labour, party, then, defected, ulster, unionist, party, welfare, advice, centre, ulster, uni. Nelson Elder January 1923 6 February 1983 was a Northern Irish unionist politician 1 Early life editBorn in Limavady Elder worked in a bakery 2 and joined the Northern Ireland Labour Party 3 He then defected to the Ulster Unionist Party UUP and ran the Welfare and Advice Centre of the Ulster Unionist Council Career editHe served as an Ulster Unionist Party UUP member of the Senate of Northern Ireland from 1966 to 1972 2 In 1967 he attended the founding meeting of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association as a representative of the UUP but he walked out of its founding meeting after failing to convince the organisation that the murder of a police officer merited the death penalty 4 Following the abolition of the Senate Elder was elected at the 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly election in Belfast South On the Assembly he served as the secretary of the backbench group of Pro Assembly Unionists 2 Elder also served as Secretary of the Unionist Trade Unionist Alliance and as a member of the B Specials 2 References edit Nelson Elder FindAGrave Retrieved 25 January 2021 a b c d Ted Nealon Ireland a Parliamentary Directory 1973 1974 p194 Mark Mulholland Assimilation versus Segregation Unionist Strategy in the 1960s Twentieth Century British History 2000 11 3 284 307 We Shall Overcome NICRA Northern Ireland Assembly 1973 New assembly Assembly Member for South Belfast1973 1974 Assembly abolished Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nelson Elder amp oldid 1002936864, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
