Eddie McAteer (1914 - 28 March 1986) was an nationalist politician in Northern Ireland. Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Irish nationalism (Náisiúnachas Éireannach refers to political and sociological movements and sentiment that embodies a love for Irish ancestry, culture and language and Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of
Born in Coatbridge, Scotland, McAteer's family moved to Derry in Northern Ireland while he was young. Coatbridge ( Scottish Gaelic: Drochaid a' Chòta) is a town in North Lanarkshire, set in the Central Lowlands of Scotland Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of In 1930 he joined the Inland Revenue, where he worked until 1944. The Inland Revenue was until April 2005 a department of the British Government responsible for the collection of direct taxation, including He then became an accountant and more actively involved in politics. An accountant is a practitioner of Accountancy, which is the measurement disclosure or provision of assurance about financial information that helps managers investors While his brother, Hugh, became a prominent Irish republican, involved in the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and Sinn Féin, Eddie chose nationalist politics. Hugh McAteer (1917- June 1972 was a volunteer in and leader of the Irish Republican Army. Irish republicanism (Poblachtánachas is an ideology based on the Irish nationalist belief that all of Ireland should be a single independent Republic This article deals with the Irish republican organisation opposed to the Anglo-Irish Treaty styling itself "Irish Republican Army" as it existed from the time of the Treaty Sinn Féin () is a political party in Ireland. The current party led by Gerry Adams was formed following a split in January 1970 He was elected as the Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) Member of Parliament for Mid Londonderry in the Northern Ireland general election, 1945. The Nationalist Party † (NP - was the continuation of the Irish Parliamentary Party, and was formed after partition by the Northern Ireland based members A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. The Northern Ireland general election 1945 was held on 14 June 1945. He was a founder member of the Anti-Partition League of Ireland, and became its Vice Chairman in 1947, then its Chairman in 1953.
In 1952, McAteer was elected to Londonderry City Council, and the following year he switched to represent Foyle in the Northern Ireland House of Commons. Derry City Council (Comhairle Cathrach Dhoire is a district council in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. Foyle was a single member constituency in the Parliament of Northern Ireland. The House of Commons of Northern Ireland was the lower house of the Parliament of Northern Ireland created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920. He left the City Council in 1958, and became the Deputy Leader of the Nationalist Party at Stormont. He became prominent in the campaign calling for the establishment of a university in Derry. A university is an institution of Higher education and Research, which grants Academic degrees in a variety of subjects [1]
In 1964, he became its leader, and the following year accepted the post of Leader of the Opposition, although he lost his seat in the Northern Ireland general election, 1969 to John Hume. The Northern Ireland general election 1969 was held on Monday 24 February 1969. John Hume (born 18 January 1937) is a former Politician in Northern Ireland, founding member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party While in his early career, he had been a militant nationalist, publishing Irish Action - a call for civil disobedience - with the start of The Troubles, he repeatedly called for moderation. Civil disobedience is the active refusal to obey certain Laws demands and commands of a Government, or of an occupying power, without resorting to physical [2]
In the 1970 UK general election, McAteer stood in Londonderry on the Unity slate, taking 36. Opinion poll summary ORC (Opinion Research Council Conservative lead of 1%Harris (Express Newspapers Labour lead of 2%NOP For other constituencies of the same name see Londonderry (disambiguation. " Unity " was the political label for a series of electoral pacts by Irish nationalist candidates in Northern Ireland elections in the 1960s and 1970s 6% of the vote. He again contested Londonderry in the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973 election, taking only 3,712 votes and narrowly missing being elected. The Northern Ireland Assembly was a legislative assembly set up by the Government of the United Kingdom on 3 May 1973 to restore devolved With the ascendancy of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, the Nationalist Party was in disarray. The Social Democratic and Labour Party ( SDLP; Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre is one of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland McAteer took his remaining supporters into the Irish Independence Party in 1978, in which his son Fergus became prominent. The Irish Independence Party (IIP was an nationalist Political party in Northern Ireland, founded in October 1977 by Frank McManus (former Fergus McAteer is an Accountant and former Politician in Northern Ireland.
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| Parliament of Northern Ireland | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by George Leeke |
Member of Parliament for Mid Londonderry 1945 - 1953 |
Succeeded by Patrick Gormley |
| Preceded by Patrick Maxwell |
Member of Parliament for Foyle 1953 - 1969 |
Succeeded by John Hume |
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