William Thomas Annon (4 June 1912 – 19 October 1983) was a Northern Irish unionist politician.

Background

Annon was born in

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. He first became prominent as a member of the

Ulster Unionist Party The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) is a Unionism in Ireland, unionist political party in Northern Ireland. The party was founded as the Ulster Unionist Council in 1905, emerging from the Irish Unionist Alliance in Ulster. Under Edward Carson, it l ...

, becoming the chairman of its Sydenham branch, in

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. He stood as an

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in East Belfast at the

1973 Northern Ireland Assembly election The 1973 elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly took place following the publication of the British government's white paper ''Northern Ireland Constitutional Proposals'' which proposed a 78-member Northern Ireland Assembly (1973), Northern ...

, taking 2,192 votes, and was not elected. He then joined the

Democratic Unionist Party The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is a Unionism in Ireland, unionist, Ulster loyalism, loyalist, British nationalist and national conservative political party in Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1971 during the Troubles by Ian Paisley, who ...

, and stood for it in North Belfast for the

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; he took 4,132 first-preference votes and was the last candidate elected. Annon was also prominent in the

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, and represented it on the United Unionist Action Council. At the

1977 Northern Ireland local elections Elections for Local government in Northern Ireland, local government were held in Northern Ireland in May 1977. The elections saw good performances by the four largest parties: the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), Social Democratic and Labour Party ...

, he was elected in Belfast Area H, and he held his seat in

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Death

He died in October 1983 in Belfast, still serving on the council.''

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'', pg. 4, 27 February 1984

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Annon, William 1912 births 1983 deaths Ulster Unionist Party politicians Democratic Unionist Party councillors Independent politicians in Northern Ireland Members of Belfast City Council Members of the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention