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    Ulster Constitution Party

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    Ulster Constitution Party
    LeaderLindsay Mason
    Founded1971
    Dissolved1974
    Ideology
    • Unionism
    • Ulster Loyalism
    Political positionFar right

    The Ulster Constitution Party was a minor Unionist political party in Northern Ireland, active in the early 1970s.

    History

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    The party was established by two Belfast City Council councillors, David M. Riddelsdell and Robert Lindsay Mason.[1] Mason was effective leader from the group's establishment in 1971[2] whilst Riddelsdell acted as party secretary.[1] The party's two representatives lost their Council seats in the 1973 election when they ran as part of wider Ulster loyalist coalition groups.[3] With no elected representatives the party effectively disappeared in 1974 when the National Front expanded its operations in Northern Ireland and Mason became a member.[1][2]

    References

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    1. ^ a b c Melaugh, Martin; Lynn, Brendan; McKenna, Fionnuala. "Abstracts on Organisations - 'U'". Conflict Archive on the Internet. University of Ulster. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
    2. ^ a b Ciarán Ó Maoláin, The Radical Right: A World Directory, Longman, 1987, p. 334
    3. ^ The Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Belfast
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