Jim Kilfedder Canvassing in West Belfast

Jim Kilfedder Canvassing in West Belfast

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Location

West Belfast

Year

1964

Date

Production 10/09/1964

Length

02min 20sec

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

Jim Kilfedder canvassing in west Belfast. This was for the 1964 General Election and he would go on to win the seat for the Unionist Party at his first time of standing for election. 

Notes

James Alexander Kilfedder (U) 21,337 (41.2%) 
Harry Diamond (Rep Lab) 14,678 (28.3%) 
William Robinson Boyd (NILP) 12,571 (24.2%) 
William McMillen (R) 3,256 (6.3%) 

Unionist majority: 6,659; electorate: 69,399; votes cast: 74.7% 

The most interesting incident of the election involved an aspiring political activist by the name of Ian Paisley, who threatened to lead his supporters to remove a tricolour on display at Republican headquarters on Divis Street, if the authorities failed to act first. The RUC moved in and removed the flag and clashed with local residents. Several days later, when the flag was replaced, the RUC once again returned to remove it, this time however their actions triggered some of the most intense rioting the city had seen since 1935 and gained widespread media attention.

 

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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