William Thompson (Ulster Unionist politician)

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|name = William Thompson

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|constituency_MP = West Tyrone

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|term_start = 1 May 1997

|term_end =14 May 2001

|predecessor = Constituency Established

|successor = Pat Doherty

| office1 = Member of
Omagh District Council

| constituency1 = Mid Tyrone

| term_start1 = 15 May 1985

| term_end1 = 19 May 1993

| predecessor1 = New district

| successor1 = Drew Baxter

| constituency2 = Omagh Area C

| term_start2 = 20 October 1981

| term_end2 = 15 May 1985

| predecessor2 = Alfred Barnett

| successor2 = District abolished

| office3 = Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Mid Ulster

| term_start3 = 20 October 1982

| term_end3 = 1986

| predecessor3 = Assembly re-established

| successor3 = Assembly dissolved

| term_start4 = 28 June 1973

| term_end4 = 1974

| predecessor4 = New assembly

| successor4 = Assembly abolished

| office5 = Member of the Constitutional Convention
for Mid Ulster

| term_start5 = 1975

| term_end5 = 1976

| predecessor5 = New convention

| successor5 = Convention dissolved

|birth_date = {{birth date|1939|10|26|df=y}}

|birth_place = Beragh, Northern Ireland

|death_date = {{death date and age|2010|12|12|1939|10|26|df=y}}

|death_place = Omagh, Northern Ireland

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|nationality = British

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

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|spouse = Violet

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|children = Wilma
Elaine
Paul

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|profession = Farmer, Postmaster

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William John "Willie" Thompson (26 October 1939 – 12 December 2010)[http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/former-unionist-mp-thompson-dies-15028326.html Former Unionist MP Thompson dies], The Belfast Telegraph. was a Northern Irish Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for West Tyrone from 1997 to 2001. He was one of the UUP members opposed to the Good Friday Agreement.

Elections in the 1970s and 1980s

He had previously been elected from the Mid Ulster constituency as an Ulster Unionist for the 1973 and 1982 Assemblies and the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention in 1975.[http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/cmu.htm Mid Ulster 1973–82][http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/candidates/candidates/5/59306.stm BBC Election 2001 Candidate Profile: Willie Thompson] In 1983 he sought election to Westminster in the Mid Ulster constituency, however he finished fourth with 7,066 votes, losing to the DUP's Willie McCrea.[http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/bmu.htm Mid Ulster, 1983–1992]

References

[http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/people/biography/tpeople.htm#thompson CAIN Archive]
[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmhansrd/vo970626/debtext/70626-13.htm Maiden Speech : House of Commons 26 June 1997]
[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmhansrd/vo980902/debtext/80902-03.htm House of Commons debate : Omagh – 2 Sept 1998]