William Annon | |
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Member of Belfast City Council | |
In office 18 May 1977 – 19 October 1983 | |
Preceded by | Mary Creighton |
Succeeded by | Alfie Redpath |
Constituency | Belfast Area H |
Member of the Constitutional Convention for North Belfast | |
In office 1975–1976 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 4 June 1912 Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland |
Died | 19 October 1983 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Political party | Democratic Unionist (from 1975) |
Other political affiliations | Ulster Unionist Party (until 1973) |
William Thomas Annon (4 June 1912 – 19 October 1983) was an Ulster Unionist Party and Democratic Unionist Party politician.
Annon was born in Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh. [1] He first became prominent as a member of the Ulster Unionist Party, becoming the chairman of its Sydenham branch, in Belfast. [2] He stood as an independent loyalist in East Belfast at the 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly election, taking 2,192 votes, and was not elected. [3]
He then joined the Democratic Unionist Party, and stood for it in North Belfast for the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention; he took 4,132 first-preference votes and was the last candidate elected. [4]
Annon was also prominent in the Apprentice Boys of Derry, and represented it on the United Unionist Action Council. [5] At the 1977 Northern Ireland local elections, he was elected in Belfast Area H, and he held his seat in 1981. [6]
He died in October 1983 in Belfast, still serving on the council. [7]