David Overend Lodges His Candidacy Papers, 1966

David Overend Lodges His Candidacy Papers, 1966

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Location

Belfast

Year

1966

Date

Production 21/03/1966

Length

01min 25sec

Audio

mute, sound

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

The proposed candidates for the upcoming election arrive at Belfast Courthouse to lodge their papers. David Overend is the Labour candidate for the hotly-contested North Belfast seat. William McGookin asked him about the controversial decision of Edward Carson Jr to stand (he later withdrew). 

Notes

David Overend came from Yorkshire and was on the National Executive of the Northern Ireland Labour Party. He would go on to form the Independent Unionist Party and then the Progressive Unionist Party.

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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