| 词条 | Robert Simpson (Northern Ireland politician) |
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Robert Simpson (3 July 1923 – 8 April 1997), often known as Bob Simpson was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland. Early life and educationBorn in Ballymena, Simpson studied medicine at Queen's University Belfast before setting up his own practice. Political careerHe joined the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) in 1952, and was selected as the party's candidate for Mid Antrim. He won the seat, unopposed, at the Northern Ireland general election, 1953, and held it at each election thereafter, not facing a single opponent until 1969.[1] A strong support of Terence O'Neill's reforms, Simpson was appointed briefly as Additional Parliamentary Secretary in the Department of the Prime Minister, and then as the first Minister for Community Relations in late 1969.[2] He resigned from the freemasons and from the Orange Order in an attempt to appear impartial. In the role, he organised a series of dinner parties with attendees from both nationalist and unionist backgrounds, and through these developed a friendship with Seamus Heaney.[1] When Brian Faulkner became Prime Minister of Northern Ireland in 1971, Simpson was removed from his ministerial post and,[1] the following year, Simpson resigned from the UUP.[3] He spent the remainder of his life writing on medicine, agriculture and travel, developing an arboretum and organising the Ballymena Music Festival.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 Roy Bradford, "[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-dr-robert-simpson-1270038.html Obituary: Dr Robert Simpson]", The Independent, 29 April 1997 {{s-start}}{{s-par|ni}}{{succession box2. ^The Government of Northern Ireland 3. ^Simon Hoggart, "Another Ulster Unionist quits", The Guardian, 10 October 1972 | title = Member of Parliament for Mid Antrim | before = Robert Nicol Wilson | after = Parliament abolished | years = 1953–1973 }}{{s-off}}{{succession box| title=Additional Private Secretary, Department of the Prime Minister (Northern Ireland) | before=New office | after=Office abolished | years=1969}}{{succession box| title=Minister for Community Relations | before=New office | after=David Bleakley | years=1969–1971}}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Simpson, Robert}} 15 : 1923 births|1997 deaths|Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1953–58|Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1958–62|Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1962–65|Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1965–69|Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1969–73|Members of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland|Northern Ireland junior government ministers (Parliament of Northern Ireland)|General practitioners from Northern Ireland|Ulster Unionist Party members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland|Alumni of Queen's University Belfast|People from Ballymena|Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for County Antrim constituencies|Politicians from County Antrim |
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