Area G was one of the
eight district electoral areas (DEA) which existed in
Belfast
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,
Northern Ireland
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from 1973 to 1985. Covering Belfast city centre and the inner parts of the north and west of the city, the district elected six members to
Belfast City Council
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and contained the wards of Central; Court; Crumlin;
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; North Howard; and Shankill. The DEA formed part of the
Belfast North and
Belfast West constituencies.
History
The area was created for the
1973 local government elections. It combined the whole of the former Court and Dock wards with parts of the Clifton, Shankill, Smithfield and Woodvale wards. It was abolished for the
1985 local government elections, when it was split between the new
Oldpark and
Court
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DEAs.
Results
1973
1977
January 1981 by-election
The by-election was held in controversial circumstances following the death of the Alliance councillor McKeown. The DUP were criticised for blocking the co-option of an Alliance member, triggering an election just 3 months before regular council elections were held.
[Belfast Telegraph, 30 January 1981, p1-4] The DUP then opted not to contest the by-election. The UUP candidate David Smylie, a former councillor for
Area E, withdrew after nominations closed, claiming that he had received a paramilitary death threat.
In March 1981, Sammy Millar, the by-election winner, survived an assassination attempt by the
Irish National Liberation Army
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in which he was seriously injured.
[The Divided Province: The Troubles in Northern Ireland, 1969–1985, Keith Jeffrey, Orbis Books (London) Limited, 1985, p116]
1981
References
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Former District Electoral Areas of Belfast
1973 establishments in Northern Ireland
1985 disestablishments in Northern Ireland