John Dunlop (20 May 1910 – 10 March 1996) was a Unionist politician from

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. He was

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for Mid Ulster from 1974 to 1983. Initially elected as a member of the

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, from 1976 he represented the short-lived breakaway

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selected John Dunlop in 1989 to represent Northern Ireland. In 1982, he stood unsuccessfully for election to the

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, achieving the lowest-ever vote for a sitting MP at a regional-level election.Northern Ireland elections
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* 1910 births 1996 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Mid Ulster Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly 1973–1974 UK MPs 1974 UK MPs 1974–1979 UK MPs 1979–1983 United Ulster Unionist Party politicians Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party politicians {{NorthernIreland-UK-MP-stub