John Dunlop (Unionist politician)

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = John Dunlop

| office = Member of Parliament
for Mid Ulster

| term_start = 28 February 1974

| term_end = 9 June 1983

| predecessor = Bernadette Devlin

| successor = William McCrea

| birth_date = 20 May 1910

| birth_place = County Tyrone, Northern Ireland

| death_date = 10 March 1996

| party = United Ulster Unionist (1975- 1984)

| otherparty = Ulster Vanguard (1974 - 1975)

}}

John Dunlop (20 May 1910{{cite book |last1=Stenton |first1=Michael |last2=Lees |first2=Stephen |title=Who's who of British Members of Parliament: 1945-1979 |date=1976 |publisher=Harvester Press |isbn=978-0-391-01087-1 |page=1255 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Who_s_who_of_British_Members_of_Parliame/r73XAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=hn+Dunlop+%2220+may+1910%22&dq=hn+Dunlop+%2220+may+1910%22&printsec=frontcover |access-date=3 December 2024 |language=en}} – 10 March 1996) was a Northern Irish unionist politician.

Political career

He was the son of Martin Dunlop, and went to college in Belfast.{{cite book |title=Dod's Parliamentary Companion |date=1983 |publisher=Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited |isbn=978-0-905702-08-7 |page=381 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Dod_s_Parliamentary_Companion/TRSIAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=hn+Dunlop+%221976%22+UUUP+1910&dq=hn+Dunlop+%221976%22+UUUP+1910&printsec=frontcover |access-date=3 December 2024 |language=en}}

He was Member of Parliament for Mid Ulster from 1974 to 1983.{{cite book |last1=Waller |first1=Robert |title=The Almanac of British Politics |date=1987 |publisher=Croom Helm |isbn=978-0-7099-2798-3 |page=592 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Almanac_of_British_Politics/2-ecAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=John+Dunlop+%221974%22+83&dq=John+Dunlop+%221974%22+83&printsec=frontcover |access-date=3 December 2024 |language=en}} Initially elected as a member of the Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party, from 1976 he represented the short-lived breakaway United Ulster Unionist Party. He also supported the United Unionist Action Council, led by Ian Paisley.{{cite book |last1=Elliott |first1=Sydney |last2=Flackes |first2=W. D. |title=Conflict in Northern Ireland: An Encyclopedia |date=2 December 1999 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-0-87436-989-2 |page=242 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Conflict_in_Northern_Ireland/L6IUAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=hn+Dunlop+%2220+may+1910%22&dq=hn+Dunlop+%2220+may+1910%22&printsec=frontcover |access-date=3 December 2024 |language=en}} Eisenhower Fellowships selected John Dunlop in 1989 to represent Northern Ireland. In 1982, he stood unsuccessfully for election to the Northern Ireland Assembly, achieving the lowest-ever vote for a sitting MP at a regional-level election.[http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/cmu.htm Northern Ireland elections]