The Ulster Constitution Party was a
Unionist political party
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in
Northern Ireland
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active in the early 1970s.
The party was established by two
Belfast City Council councillors, David M. Riddelsdell and
Robert Lindsay Mason.
Mason was effective leader from the group's establishment in 1971
[Ciarán Ó Maoláin, ''The Radical Right: A World Directory'', Longman, 1987, p. 334] whilst Riddelsdell acted as party secretary.
The party's two representatives lost their Council seats in the
1973 election when they ran as part of wider
Ulster loyalist coalition groups.
The Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Belfast
/ref> With no elected representatives the party effectively disappeared in 1974 when the National Front expanded its operations in Northern Ireland and Mason became a member.
References
Defunct political parties in Northern Ireland
Ulster unionist organisations
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