William Annon

William Annon
Member of Belfast City Council
In office 18 May 1977 – 19 October 1983
Preceded by	Mary Creighton
Succeeded by	Alfie Redpath
Constituency	Belfast Area H
Member of the Constitutional Convention for North Belfast
In office 1975–1976
Personal details
Born	4 June 1912 Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Died	19 October 1983 Belfast, Northern Ireland
Political party	Democratic Unionist (from 1975)
Other political affiliations	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.[1] He first became prominent as a member of the Ulster Unionist Party, becoming the chairman of its Sydenham branch, in Belfast.[2] He stood as an independent loyalist in East Belfast at the 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly election, taking 2,192 votes, and was not elected.[3]

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.[4]

Annon was also prominent in the Apprentice Boys of Derry, and represented it on the United Unionist Action Council.[5] At the 1977 Northern Ireland local elections, he was elected in Belfast Area H, and he held his seat in 1981.[6]

Death

He died in October 1983 in Belfast, still serving on the council.[7]

References

1. Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958
2. William D. Flackes, Northern Ireland, a political directory, 1968-79, p.20
3. "East Belfast 1973-82", Northern Ireland Elections
4. "North Belfast 1973-1982", Northern Ireland Elections
5. "Glossary of the strike", Irish Times, 2 May 1977, p.11
6. "The Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Belfast", Northern Ireland Elections; accessed 15 May 2016.
7. Belfast Telegraph, pg. 4, 27 February 1984

Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention
New convention	Member for North Belfast 1975–1976	Convention dissolved