Stanley McMaster and Erskine Holmes Lodge Candidacy Papers, 1966

Stanley McMaster and Erskine Holmes Lodge Candidacy Papers, 1966

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Location

Belfast

Year

1966

Date

Production 21/03/1966

Length

32sec

Audio

mute

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

Unionist candidate for East Belfast, Stanley McMasters arrives at Belfast Courthouse to lodge his candidacy papers. He is followed by Erskine Holmes, the Labour candidate for South Belfast. 

Notes

Stanley McMaster (23 September 1926 – 20 October 1992) was a Unionist politician and a barrister at Lincoln's Inn in London.

He was elected as an Ulster Unionist MP for Belfast East at the 1959 by-election. He held the seat until the February 1974 British General Election  when he lost, standing as a Pro-Assembly candidate, to the Vanguard leader William Craig.

At the October 1974 UK General Election  McMaster stood unsuccessfully as an "Independent Ulster Unionist" candidate in Belfast South, taking third place with 9.8% of the vote.

Erskine Holmes stood for election for the NI Labour Party in several elections. He served on the committe for the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association. He still works for Labour Party representation in Northern Ireland. 

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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