Herbert Heslip Explained

Herbert Heslip
Office:Member of
Banbridge District Council
Constituency:Banbridge Area B
Term Start:30 May 1973
Term End:15 May 1985
Predecessor:Council established
Successor:District abolished
Office1:Member of
the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention
for South Down
Term Start1:1975
Term End1:1976
Predecessor1:Convention created
Successor1:Convention dissolved
Office2:Deputy speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
Term Start2:1973
Term End2:1974
Office3:Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for South Down
Term Start3:28 June 1973
Term End3:1974
Predecessor3:Assembly established
Successor3:Assembly abolished
Birth Date:1913
Birth Place:Ballinaskeagh, Northern Ireland
Death Date:1992
Party:Ulster Unionist Party

Herbert Heslip (1913 in Ballinaskeagh, near Banbridge, County Down – 1992) was a Northern Irish politician with the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP).

Political career

Heslip was a well-known figure in County Down Unionism, serving as a member of Down District Council from 1968 to 1973 and then of Banbridge District Council until 1985.[1]

Heslip was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly of 1973, serving as Deputy Speaker, and also sat in its successor the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention, in both cases for South Down. By conviction, however, he supported a return to the Parliament of Northern Ireland. He also served as Vice-President of the loyalist vigilante group Down Orange Welfare.[1]

Following the death of Raymond McCullough in 1985 Heslip attempted to regain his seat in a by-election but was defeated by McCullough's daughter, Vivienne.[2]

Notes and References

  1. W.D. Flackes & Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968–1993, The Blackstaff Press, 1994, p. 183
  2. http://www.banbridgeleader.co.uk/news/local/local_authority_gains_youngest_councillor_1_1625654 Local authority gains youngest councillor