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James Alexander Kilfedder

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Data Last Updated: 26 October 2023
Application Last Amended: 6 September 2022
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Also Known As

James Kilfedder

Born: 16 July 1928

Died: 20 March 1995

Knighted - 1992

Education

Portora Royal School, Enniskillen

Trinity College, Dublin

Elections fought

15 October 1964		Belfast West	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,337	41.16
31 March 1966		Belfast West	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,281	48.01
18 June 1970		North Down	Ulster Unionist	55,679	68.97
28 February 1974		North Down	Ulster Unionist	38,169	61.08
10 October 1974		North Down	Ulster Unionist	40,996	71.92
11 February 1979 James Kilfedder resigns from the Ulster Unionist Council.
3 May 1979		North Down	Independent Ulster Unionist	36,989	59.58
January 1980 James Kilfedder founds the Ulster Progressive Unionist Party
7 June 1979		Northern Ireland	Independent Unionist	38,198	6.68
9 June 1983		North Down	Popular Unionist	22,861	56.06
17 December 1985 Resignation of James Kilfedder over the Anglo-Irish Agreement.
14 June 1984		Northern Ireland	UPUP	20,092	2.93
23 January 1986		North Down	Popular Unionist	30,793	79.24
11 June 1987		North Down	Popular Unionist	18,420	45.13
9 April 1992		North Down	Popular Unionist	19,305	42.94
20 March 1995 Death of Sir James Kilfedder.