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Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
Unionist Party of Northern Ireland. Established in September 1974 by the unionist supporters of the Sunningdale agreement (December 1973), which created the power-sharing Northern Ireland executive (January–May 1974). The Ulster Unionist leader Brian Faulkner, who had helped to negotiate the agreement, failed to carry the majority of his party with him: his supporters at first accepted the label ‘Unionist pro-Assembly’, but later organized as UPNI. The party's share of the poll shrank from 7.7 per cent in the Convention elections of 1975 to 1.9 per cent in the council elections of 1981. Consistently weak performances after 1977 brought the dissolution of the party in 1981.
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JOHN CANNON. "Unionist Party of Northern Ireland." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Unionist Party of Northern Ireland." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-UnionistPartyofNrthrnrlnd.html JOHN CANNON. "Unionist Party of Northern Ireland." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-UnionistPartyofNrthrnrlnd.html |
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Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
Unionist Party of Northern Ireland (UPNI), founded in September 1974 by Brian Faulkner. In January 1974 Faulkner failed to persuade the majority of the Ulster Unionist Council to accept the Sunningdale proposals. His supporters, styling themselves ‘Unionist Pro‐Assembly’ candidates, carried their case to the broader electorate in the Westminster election of February 1974, and—after the failure of the assembly and executive—created UPNI. The party survived, despite a very low level of electoral endorsement, until 1981.
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"Unionist Party of Northern Ireland." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Unionist Party of Northern Ireland." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-UnionistPartyofNrthrnrlnd.html "Unionist Party of Northern Ireland." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-UnionistPartyofNrthrnrlnd.html |
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