William Annon

William Thomas Annon (4 June 1912 – 19 October 1983) was an Ulster Unionist Party and Democratic Unionist Party politician.

Annon was born in Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh.[1] He first became prominent as a member of the Ulster Unionist Party, becoming the chairman of its Sydenham branch, in Belfast.[2] He stood as an independent loyalist in East Belfast at the 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly election, taking 2,192 votes, and was not elected.[3]

He then joined the Democratic Unionist Party, and stood for it in North Belfast for the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention; he took 4,132 first-preference votes and was the last candidate elected.[4]

Annon was also prominent in the Apprentice Boys of Derry, and represented it on the United Unionist Action Council.[5] At the 1977 Northern Ireland local elections, he was elected in Belfast Area H, and he held his seat in 1981.[6]

Death

He died in October 1983 in Belfast, still serving on the council.[7]

References

1. Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958
2. William D. Flackes, Northern Ireland, a political directory, 1968-79, p.20
3. "East Belfast 1973-82", Northern Ireland Elections
4. "North Belfast 1973-1982", Northern Ireland Elections
5. "Glossary of the strike", Irish Times, 2 May 1977, p.11
6. "The Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Belfast", Northern Ireland Elections; accessed 15 May 2016.
7. Belfast Telegraph, pg. 4, 27 February 1984