| 词条 | John Hunter (Northern Ireland politician) |
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John Hunter is a former Ulster unionist politician. An active member of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), Hunter wrote A Brief History of the Ulster Unionist Council in 1993.[1] Hunter was close to David Trimble and, unenthusiastic about Jim Molyneaux's leadership of the party, he backed Trimble's successful candidacy in the September 1995 leadership election.[2] However, he rapidly became unhappy with Trimble's willingness to reconsider the party's views on the Irish republican movement.[3] He accompanied Trimble to a meeting with John Major in June 1996, at which Major announced that he intended to ask George J. Mitchell to chair talks relating to the Northern Ireland peace process.[4] While Hunter occasionally attended the talks, which led to the Good Friday Agreement, he did not form part of the main talks team.[5] He was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum in South Antrim.[6] He opposed the Agreement, and although he was selected as a party candidate for the 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election,[7] but he was not elected.[8] Hunter was suggested as a possible UUP candidate in the South Antrim by-election, 2000,[9] but the party instead stood David Burnside. References1. ^Richard English, Armed Struggle: The History of the IRA, p.444 {{s-start}}{{s-par|ni/for}}{{s-new | Forum}}{{s-ttl2. ^Graham Walker, A History of the Ulster Unionist Party, p.250 3. ^Dean Godson, Himself Alone: David Trimble and the Ordeal of Unionism, p.168 4. ^Dean Godson, Himself Alone: David Trimble and the Ordeal of Unionism, p.221 5. ^Dean Godson, Himself Alone: David Trimble and the Ordeal of Unionism, p.298 6. ^"1996 Forum Elections: Candidates in South Antrim", Northern Ireland Elections 7. ^David McKittrick, "[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/splits-open-among-ulster-unionists-1156434.html Splits open among Ulster Unionists]", The Independent, 28 May 1998 8. ^"South Antrim", Northern Ireland Elections 9. ^John Mullin, "[https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/apr/28/northernireland.johnmullin Death of MP splits Ulster Unionists over byelection]", The Guardian, 28 April 2000 | title = Member for South Antrim | years = 1996–1998 }}{{s-non | reason = Forum dissolved }}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Hunter, John}} 4 : Year of birth missing (living people)|Living people|Members of the Northern Ireland Forum|Ulster Unionist Party politicians |
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