Ulster Unionist Party leadership election, 1979
- Ulster Unionist Party leadership election, 1979
The Ulster Unionist Party leadership election of 1979 saw James Molyneaux succeed Harry West as leader on 7 September. [ [http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch79.htm CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1979] ] At a specially convened meeting of the Ulster Unionist Council at the Ulster Hall, Belfast in early September, Molyneaux (MP for South Antrim) beat Reverend Robert Bradford (MP for Belfast South) by a three to one majority (with Austin Ardill coming a distant third). [Ann Purdy, "Molyneaux: The Long View" (Greystone Books, 1989), p. 73.] Molyneaux had previously been parliamentary leader of the United Ulster Unionist Council since 22 October 1974 (West had lost his seat in that month's general election).
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