Herbert Heslip

Herbert Heslip
Member of
Banbridge District Council
In office
30 May 1973 – 15 May 1985
Preceded byCouncil established
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
ConstituencyBanbridge Area B
Member of
the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention
for South Down
In office
1975–1976
Preceded byConvention created
Succeeded byConvention dissolved
Deputy speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
In office
1973–1974
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for South Down
In office
28 June 1973 – 1974
Preceded byAssembly established
Succeeded byAssembly abolished
Personal details
Born1913
Ballinaskeagh, Northern Ireland
Died1992
Political partyUlster 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]

References

  1. ^ a b W.D. Flackes & Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968–1993, The Blackstaff Press, 1994, p. 183
  2. ^ Local authority gains youngest councillor, banbridgeleader.co.uk. Accessed 6 January 2023.
Northern Ireland Assembly (1973)
New assembly Assembly Member for South Down
1973–1974 		Assembly abolished
Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention
New convention Member for South Down
1975–1976 		Convention dissolved
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