Charles Kinahan (10 July 1915 – 16 August 1995)
[''Conflict in Northern Ireland: The Encyclopedia'': 1999] was a
politician
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in
Northern Ireland
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.
Kinahan studied at
Stowe School
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. He was a founder member of the
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI), or simply Alliance, is a liberal and centrist political party in Northern Ireland. As of the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election, it is the third-largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly, ...
and was a director of
Bass Ireland.
["Heritage Trustees", '']The Guardian
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'', 24 April 1980 He stood unsuccessfully for the party in
South Antrim at the
February
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and
October 1974 UK general election
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s, but was elected to the
Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention
The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention (NICC) was an elected body set up in 1975 by the United Kingdom Labour government of Harold Wilson as an attempt to deal with constitutional issues surrounding the status of Northern Ireland.
For ...
from
South Antrim.
[''The Times Guide to the House of Commons: May 1979'' p.35]
Kinahan was appointed as a
Deputy Lieutenant of
County Antrim
County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, ) is one of six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and has a population o ...
, the Belfast Harbour Commissioners, and as a member of the Senate of the
Queen's University of Belfast
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. His last political contest was South Antrim at the
1979 UK general election
The 1979 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 3 May 1979 to elect 635 members to the British House of Commons.
The Conservative Party, led by Margaret Thatcher, ousted the incumbent Labour government of James Callaghan with ...
.
In 1980, Kinahan was appointed to the
National Heritage Memorial Fund
The National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) was set up in 1980 to save the most outstanding parts of the British national heritage, in memory of those who have given their lives for the UK. It replaced the National Land Fund which had fulfilled the ...
.
References
1915 births
1995 deaths
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland politicians
Deputy Lieutenants of Antrim
Members of the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention
People educated at Stowe School
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