Duncan Pollock Explained

Duncan Pollock
Office:Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Mid Ulster
Term Start:28 June 1973
Term End:1974
Predecessor:Assembly established
Successor:Assembly abolished
Office1:Member of
Castlederg Rural District Council
Term Start1:1967
Term End1:30 May 1973
Successor1:Council abolished
Birth Date:March 1929
Birth Place:Castlederg, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Nationality:British
Party:UPNI (1974 - 1981)
Otherparty:Ulster Unionist (until 1974)

Thomas Duncan Pollock (born March 1929) was a Northern Irish unionist politician.

Biography

Born in Castlederg in County Tyrone, Pollock studied at Omagh Academy before becoming a farmer. In the mid-1950s, he was Chief Organiser of the Young Farmers' Clubs of Northern Ireland. He joined the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and was elected to Castlederg Rural District Council in 1967, serving until it was disbanded in 1973. He was also elected to the executive of the UUP.[1]

At the 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly election, Pollock was elected in Mid Ulster, but by the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention in 1975, he had joined the Unionist Party of Northern Ireland split and lost his seat.[2]

In his spare time, Pollock enjoyed playing football and table tennis, and was active in the Presbyterian Church.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Ted Nealon, Ireland: a Parliamentary Directory 1973–1974, p.207
  2. "Mid-Ulster 1973–1982", Northern Ireland Elections