Raymond McCullough
{{Short description|Politician from Northern Ireland (1919–1985)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Raymond McCullough
| office = Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for South Down
| term_start = 20 October 1982
| term_end = June 1985
| predecessor = Assembly re-established
| successor = Jeffrey Donaldson
| office1 = Member of
Banbridge District Council
| constituency1 = Knockiveagh
| term_start1 = 15 May 1985
| term_end1 = June 1985
| predecessor1 = District created
| successor1 = Vivienne Bennett
| constituency2 = Banbridge Area B
| term_start2 = 30 May 1973
| term_end2 = 15 May 1985
| predecessor2 = Council established
| successor2 = District abolished
| birth_date = 1919
| birth_place = County Down, Northern Ireland
| death_date = June 1985
| party = Ulster Unionist
}}
Raymond McCullough (1919 – June 1985) was a Northern Irish Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for South Down from 1982, until 1985.
Political career
McCullough, who was Honorary Secretary of the South Down Unionist Association, was elected to Banbridge District Council on that body's creation in 1973 and subsequently served as chairman.W.D. Flackes & Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968–1993, Belfast: Blackstaff Press, 1994, p. 219 He was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly at the 1982 election to represent South Down and remained a member until his death, serving as deputy chairman of the Agriculture Committee and a member of the Environment Committee. He was also a member of the committee of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland.
Following his death McCullough's Assembly seat was won by Jeffrey Donaldson[http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/issues/politics/election/raby1985.htm By-election details] whilst his council seat went to his daughter Vivienne McCullough as an independent Unionist.{{cite web | url=http://www.banbridgeleader.co.uk/news/local/local_authority_gains_youngest_councillor_1_1625654 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725014432/http://www.banbridgeleader.co.uk/news/local/local_authority_gains_youngest_councillor_1_1625654 | archive-date=25 July 2011 | title=Local authority gains youngest councillor - Local - Banbridge Leader }}
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| years = 1982–1985
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Category:Northern Ireland MPAs 1982–1986
Category:Ulster Unionist Party councillors