Nationality British Profession Farmer, Postmaster Resigned June 7, 2001 Children WilmaElainePaul Succeeded by Pat Doherty | Spouse(s) Violet Name William Thompson | |
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Preceded by Constituency Established Born 26 October 1939Beragh, Northern Ireland ( 1939-10-26 ) Role Ulster Unionist politician Books Postmodernism and history, What happened to history?, The Left In History, Global Expansion, The Communist movemen | ||
William John "Willie" Thompson (26 October 1939 – 12 December 2010) was a Northern Irish Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for West Tyrone from 1997 to 2001. He was one of the UUP members opposed to the Good Friday Agreement.
Elections in the 1970s and 1980s
He had previously been elected from the Mid Ulster constituency as an Ulster Unionist for the 1973 and 1982 Assemblies and the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention in 1975. In 1983 he sought election to Westminster in the Mid Ulster constituency, however he finished fourth with 7,066 votes, losing to the DUP's Willie McCrea.
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