Joseph_Foster_Cairns

Joseph Foster Cairns

Joseph Foster Cairns

Businessperson and politician from Northern Ireland

Joseph Foster Cairns (27 June 1920 – 2 May 1981) was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.

Quick Facts Born, Died ...

Cairns was the managing director of a furniture retailer, and chairman of a development company. He was elected to the Belfast Corporation for the Ulster Unionist Party, and served as Lord Mayor of Belfast from 1969 to 1972.[1] At the 1969 Northern Ireland general election, he stood in Belfast Oldpark, but was not elected.[2] Cairns died in May 1981 at the age of 60.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    John F. Harbinson, The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882-1973, p.208
  2. [2]
    "Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results: Boroughs: Belfast". www.election.demon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
  3. [3]
    "Joseph Foster Cairns 1920 - 1981 BillionGraves Record". BillionGraves.
More information Civic offices ...


Stub icon 1 Stub icon2

This article about a member of the 1921–1973 House of Commons of Northern Ireland or Senate of Northern Ireland is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Joseph_Foster_Cairns, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.