Robert Victor Campbell was a Northern Irish unionist politician.
Robert Campbell | |
|---|---|
| Member of North Down Borough Council | |
| In office 30 May 1973 – 18 May 1977 | |
| Preceded by | Council established |
| Succeeded by | Maisie McMullan |
| Constituency | North Down Area C |
| Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for North Down | |
| In office 28 June 1973 – 1974 | |
| Preceded by | Assembly founded |
| Succeeded by | Assembly abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | County Down, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Unionist Party NI (from 1974) |
| Other political affiliations | Ulster Unionist (until 1974) |
Political career
editCampbell was an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) alderman in North Down, and on 23 November 1972, he was made a freeman of the Borough of North Down – only the sixth person to receive the title.[1] At the 1973 Northern Ireland local elections, he was elected to the reconstituted North Down Borough Council, topping the poll in North Down C,[2] and he was also elected at the 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly election in North Down.[3]
Campbell subsequently resigned from the UUP and joined the Unionist Party of Northern Ireland. He stood again in North Down for the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention, but was not elected,[3] and did not contest his council seat in 1977.[2]
References
edit- ^ North Down Matters, Winter '07, p.8
- ^ a b "The Local Government Elections 1973–1981: North Down", Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ a b "North Down 1973–1982", Northern Ireland Elections