John Alexander McKay (born 1945) was a politician from

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. McKay was an

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member of the

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for Fermanagh and South Tyrone.W. D. Flackes & Sydney Elliott, ''Northern Ireland A Political Directory 1968-1993'', Blackstaff Press, 1994, p. 222 McKay had finished seventh overall in the election but was elected thanks to transfers from fellow

United Ulster Unionist Council The United Ulster Unionist Council (also known as the United Ulster Unionist Coalition) was a body that sought to bring together the Unionists opposed to the Sunningdale Agreement in Northern Ireland. Formation The UUUC was established in Janua ...

candidate

David Calvert David Calvert (born 1946) is a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland. He worked as a director of a family shirt manufacturing company. He was a founder member of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in County Armagh.''Times Guide to the House ...

, who was not elected to the body despite finishing above McKay on first preferences. The election was determined through the

single transferable vote Single transferable vote (STV) is a multi-winner electoral system in which voters cast a single vote in the form of a ranked-choice ballot. Voters have the option to rank candidates, and their vote may be transferred according to alternate p ...

model.Fermanagh and South Tyrone 1973-1982
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