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Ulster Constitution Party
Leader	Lindsay Mason
Founded	1971
Dissolved	1974
Ideology	Unionism Ulster Loyalism
Political position	Far 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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^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b Ciarán Ó Maoláin, The Radical Right: A World Directory, Longman, 1987, p. 334
^ The Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Belfast

v t e Defunct political parties of Northern Ireland
Unionist / Loyalist	Commonwealth Labour Party Independent Unionist Association NI21 Northern Ireland Unionist Party Protestant Unionist Party UK Unionist Party Ulster Constitution Party Ulster Democratic Party Ulster Popular Unionist Party Ulster Progressive Unionist Association Ulster Unionist Coalition Party Ulster Unionist Labour Association Unionist Party of Northern Ireland United Ulster Unionist Council United Ulster Unionist Party United Unionist Coalition Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party Volunteer Political Party
Nationalist / Republican	All Ireland Anti-Partition League Federation of Labour Fianna Uladh Irish Anti-Partition League Irish Independence Party Irish Union Association National Democratic Party Nationalist Party National League of the North National Unity Northern Council for Unity Official Sinn Féin People's Democracy Red Republican Party Republican Socialist Collective Saor Éire Socialist Republican Party Unity
Left-wing¹	Belfast Labour Party Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist–Leninist) Communist Party of Northern Ireland Democratic Left Dock Labour Party Independent Labour Group Independent Socialist Party Labour coalition Labour Party of Northern Ireland Labour and Trade Union Group League for a Workers' Republic Northern Ireland Labour Party Republican Labour Party Socialist Labour Alliance Socialist Party of Northern Ireland United Labour Party World Socialist Party
Ulster nationalist	British Ulster Dominion Party Ulster Independence Movement Ulster Independence Party Ulster Movement for Self-Determination Ulster Third Way
Others	Democratic Partnership Natural Law Party Newtownabbey Ratepayers' Association Northern Ireland Women's Coalition Ulster Liberal Party Unbought Tenants' Association
¹ Excluding those left-wing parties avowedly nationalist / republican or unionist / loyalist.

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