George Ruddell Black

George Ruddell Black (1865 or 1866–1942) was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.

Black worked as a clothing manufacturer and was elected as an Ulster Unionist Party member of the Belfast Corporation. In 1942, he was elected as the Lord Mayor of Belfast, but he died after a few months in office.[1]

References

  1. ^ John F. Harbinson, The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882-1973, p.208
Political offices
Preceded by
James Dunlop Williamson
High Sheriff of Belfast
1935–1936
Succeeded by
Thomas Edward McConnell
Preceded by
Crawford McCullagh
Lord Mayor of Belfast
1942
Succeeded by
Crawford McCullagh