David Burnside Politician

David Wilson Boyd Burnside (born 24 August 1951) is a Northern Ireland politician, and was Ulster Unionist Party Member of Parliament for South Antrim.In the 1970s Burnside served as Press Officer for the Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party, and he unsuccessfully contested North Antrim for the party at the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1973. After the collapse of Vanguard he joined the Ulster Unionists, but took a back seat from politics for many years while working as a prominent public relations consultant based in London which led him to set up his own PR company.He also served in the Ulster Defence Regiment.

Personal facts

Birth dateAugust 24, 1951
Birth place
Northern Ireland , County Antrim , Ballymoney
Nationality
United Kingdom
Education
Coleraine Academical Institution

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Member of parliament

region
South Antrim (Assembly constituency)
South Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)
successor

Politician

officeNorthern Ireland
party
Ulster Unionist Party

David Burnside on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2051590.stm
  2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/6420865.stm
  3. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmhansrd/vo010626/debtext/10626-25.htm
  4. http://www.uup.org