John McQuade

For other people named John McQuade, see John McQuade (disambiguation).

John McQuade
Member of Parliament for Belfast North
In office 3 May 1979 – 13 May 1983
Preceded by	John Carson
Succeeded by	Cecil Walker
Personal details
Born	(1911-09-11)11 September 1911
Died	19 November 1984(1984-11-19) (aged 73)
Nationality	British
Political party	Democratic Unionist Party (1971 - 1984)
Other political affiliations	Official Unionist Party (until 1971)
Profession	Soldier

John McQuade (9 August 1911 – 19 November 1984) was a Northern Irish unionist politician. He was a professional boxer under the name of Jack Higgins.

Career

After serving with the British Army in Dunkirk and Burma, he was an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) member of Belfast City Council from 1955 to 1972. He was a UUP Member of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for Belfast Woodvale (Greater Shankill) from 1965 to October 1971, when he resigned from the UUP and joined the Democratic Unionist Party. On 28 March 1972 (the last day the Parliament sat), he resigned his parliamentary seat in protest at the prorogation of the Parliament.^[1]

In February 1972, in response to the escalating violence in Northern Ireland, he called for the British security forces to take over the town of Newry and for the border with the Republic of Ireland to be closed,^[2] stating his belief that the Roman Catholic Church controlled the government of the Republic of Ireland.^[3]

He contested the February and October 1974 Westminster elections unsuccessfully for Belfast West. He was elected as the Member of Parliament for Belfast North in 1979, aged 67, and served until 1983, when he retired. He died on 19 November 1984, aged 73.

References

1. "The Stormont Papers – View Volumes". Stormontpapers.ahds.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 15 February 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
2. "The Stormont Papers – View Volumes". Stormontpapers.ahds.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
3. "The Stormont Papers – View Volumes". Stormontpapers.ahds.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2010.

Bibliography

• Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1979
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John McQuade

Parliament of Northern Ireland
Preceded by Billy Boyd	Member of Parliament for Belfast Woodvale 1965–1972	Parliament abolished
Northern Ireland Assembly (1973)
New assembly	Assembly Member for North Belfast 1973–1974	Assembly abolished
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Carson	Member of Parliament for Belfast North 1979–1983	Succeeded by Cecil Walker