Name Paddy Wilson | Role Politician | |
Assassinated 1973, Belfast, United Kingdom | ||
Patrick Gerard "Paddy" Wilson (c. 1933 – 25/26 June 1973) was a nationalist politician in Northern Ireland who was killed by the loyalist Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF).
Wilson was born in Fleet Street in Sailortown, Belfast, the youngest of seven children in a Catholic nationalist family. He and his wife Bridget had one son, Paul. He was elected as a Republican Labour Party member of the Senate of Northern Ireland in 1969. The following year, he became a founder member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, and its first General Secretary. He was also a Belfast City Councillor.
On 26 June 1973, Wilson (aged 39) and his companion, Irene Andrews (aged 29), a Protestant, were found dead. They had been stabbed to death. Wilson's throat was cut. He was interred in Belfast's Milltown Cemetery. Loyalist John White was later convicted for his part in the murders.