Joshua Cardwell
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Joshua Cardwell (1910-1982) was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.
Born in Belfast and educated locally, Cardwell worked as the manager of a coal importing firm. [1] In 1952 he was elected to Belfast City Council for Victoria Ward and later became an Alderman. In 1969 he was elected to the Parliament of Northern Ireland for Belfast Pottinger [2] as an 'O'Neill Unionist' supporting the reform proposals of the then Prime Minister. He remained a member until the Parliament was prorogued in 1972. In 1973 he was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly for Belfast East, as a pledged Unionist supporting the former Prime Minister Brian Faulkner. When the Ulster Unionist Party split in 1974, Cardwell became a founder member of the Unionist Party of Northern Ireland and was returned for Belfast East in the 1975 Constitutional Convention election.
He remained a member of Belfast City Council until his death representing 'Area B' [3] equivalent to the current Victoria area.
In 1982, Cardwell was questioned by police in relation to his visits to Kincora Boys' Home, which had seen a child sex abuse scandal. He committed suicide soon afterwards.[4]
The Joss Cardwell Centre in East Belfast was named in his honour although this recently closed. [5]
[edit] References
- ^ Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons
- ^ Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results: Belfast
- ^ The Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Belfast, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ Margaret Scanlan, Plotting Terror: Novelists and Terrorists in Contemporary Fiction
- ^ A Strategic Development Plan – Outline Business Case, Green Park Healthcare Trust
| Parliament of Northern Ireland | ||
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| Preceded by Tom Boyd |
Member of Parliament for Belfast Pottinger 1969 - 1972 |
Succeeded by Position prorogued 1972 Parliament abolished 1973 |
