William Annon
{{Short description|Northern Irish politician (1912–1983)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = William Annon
| office = Member of Belfast City Council
| constituency = Belfast Area H
| term_start = 18 May 1977
| term_end = 19 October 1983
| predecessor = Mary Creighton
| successor = Alfie Redpath
| office1 = Member of the Constitutional Convention
for North Belfast
| term_start1 = 1975
| term_end1 = 1976
| birth_date = 4 June 1912
| birth_place = Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
| death_date = 19 October 1983
| death_place = Belfast, Northern Ireland
| party = Democratic Unionist (from 1975)
| otherparty = Ulster Unionist Party (until 1973)
}}
William Thomas Annon (4 June 1912 – 19 October 1983) was a Northern Irish unionist politician.
Background
Annon was born in Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh.Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958 He first became prominent as a member of the Ulster Unionist Party, becoming the chairman of its Sydenham branch, in Belfast.William D. Flackes, Northern Ireland, a political directory, 1968-79, p.20 He stood as an independent loyalist in East Belfast at the 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly election, taking 2,192 votes, and was not elected."[http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/ceb.htm East Belfast 1973-82]", Northern Ireland Elections
He then joined the Democratic Unionist Party, and stood for it in North Belfast for the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention; he took 4,132 first-preference votes and was the last candidate elected."[http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/cnb.htm North Belfast 1973-1982]", Northern Ireland Elections
Annon was also prominent in the Apprentice Boys of Derry, and represented it on the United Unionist Action Council."Glossary of the strike", Irish Times, 2 May 1977, p.11 At the 1977 Northern Ireland local elections, he was elected in Belfast Area H, and he held his seat in 1981."[http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgbelfast.htm The Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Belfast]", Northern Ireland Elections; accessed 15 May 2016.
Death
He died in October 1983 in Belfast, still serving on the council.Belfast Telegraph, pg. 4, 27 February 1984
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Category:Ulster Unionist Party politicians
Category:Democratic Unionist Party councillors
Category:Independent politicians in Northern Ireland
Category:Members of Belfast City Council
Category:Members of the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention