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Name
  
Norman Laird

Role
  
Politician


Died
  
April 28, 1970

Party
  
Ulster Unionist Party

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Education
  
Royal Belfast Academical Institution

Norman Laird (1906–28 April 1970) was a doctor and unionist politician in Northern Ireland.

Laird studied at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and the Queen's University of Belfast. He became a doctor and joined the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), and chaired its St Anne's branch from 1948 until 1969. He was awarded an OBE in 1961.

Laird was elected for the UUP in Belfast St Anne's at the Northern Ireland general election, 1969. In March 1970, he was one of five UUP MPs expelled from the Ulster Unionist parliamentary party for refusing to support the government in a vote of no confidence. He died the following month. In the ensuing by-election, his seat was won by his son, John Laird.

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