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Wilson Clyde | |
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Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Antrim South | |
In office 25 June 1998 – 7 March 2007 | |
Preceded by | New Creation |
Succeeded by | William McCrea |
Personal details | |
Born | (1934-04-08)8 April 1934 Kilbegs, County Antrim, Northern Ireland |
Died | 19 April 2019(2019-04-19) (aged 85) |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Democratic Unionist Party |
Spouse | Evelyn |
Occupation | Farmer |
Samuel Wilson Clyde (8 April 1934 – 19 April 2019) was a Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician who was a Member of the Legislative Assembly for South Antrim from 1998 to 2007.
Life and career
Born in Kilbegs, County Antrim, Clyde worked as a farmer before being elected to Antrim Borough Council for the Democratic Unionist Party in 1981. In 1996, he was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum, representing South Antrim, and he held the seat at the 1998 and 2003 elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly. He was deselected by the DUP for the 2007 election.
Clyde died on 19 April 2019, at the age of 85.
References
- "Samuel Wilson Clyde". Funeral Times. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- "The Antrim Guardian remembers former Antrim DUP councillor and MLA Wilson Clyde, who passed away on April 19th". Antrim Guardian Newspaper on Facebook. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
Sources
Northern Ireland Forum | ||
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New forum | Member for South Antrim 1996–1998 |
Forum dissolved |
Northern Ireland Assembly | ||
New assembly | MLA for Antrim South 1998–2007 |
Succeeded byWilliam McCrea |