Election Propaganda Material Promoting Votes for Ulster Unionist Candidate John Rafton Pounder in 1963

Ulster Unionist Council

Published by Ulster Unionist Council, Belfast, 1963

About this Item

There are three items: (1) An election poster printed by the Belfast Newsletter. 48 x 40 cms. approx. Text in blue and red with portrait image of Pounder in the centre of a Union Jack. Crease folds and light wear. Else v.g; (2/3) A typescript folio with outline biography of Pounder and with questions and answers relatiing to Northern Ireland issues at the time; A car sticker with "South Belfast Vote Unionist Vote Pounder.Publishedby Thornton and Co. Belfast. Blue text on white. Rafton John Pounder (1933-1991) was a Pro-Assembly Unionist and Conservative Party politician in Northern Ireland. Born at Ballynahatty, Shaw's Bridge, Belfast, the son of Cuthbert C. Pounder, Rafton Pounder was educated at Rockport School, Charterhouse and at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he was Chairman of the Conservative Association. He was elected Member of Parliament for Belfast South in a 1963 by-election, and served until February 1974 when he lost as a Pro-Assembly Unionist to the Reverend Robert Bradford of the United Ulster Unionist Coalition. Pounder was also a Member of the European Parliament from 1973 to 1974. From 1964 to 1967, he served as Secretary of the Ulster Unionist Parliamentary Party. Married to Valerie Isobel (daughter of Robert Stewart MBE), with one son and one daughter, he lived at Groomsport, County Down, until his death at age 57.

Seller Inventory # 020306

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Election Propaganda Material Promoting Votes for Ulster Unionist Candidate John Rafton Pounder in 1963
• Publisher: Ulster Unionist Council, Belfast
• Publication Date: 1963
• Language: English
• Binding: No Binding
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
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  • L42