1979 Ulster Unionist Party leadership election

none August 2019 1979 Ulster Unionist Party leadership election presidential 1974 Ulster Unionist Party leadership election 1974 March 1995 Ulster Unionist Party leadership election March 1995 7 September 1979 James Molyneaux 48A5EE Robert Bradford 48A5EE Austin Ardill 48A5EE Leader Harry West James Molyneaux The 1979 Ulster Unionist Party leadership election saw James Molyneaux succeed Harry West as leader on 7 September.http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch79.htm CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1979 Cain.ulst.ac.uk 2010-04-30 6 December 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101206183455/http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch79.htm live At a specially convened meeting of the Ulster Unionist Council at the Ulster Hall, Belfast, in early September, Molyneaux (MP for South Antrim) beat Reverend Robert Bradford (MP for Belfast South) by a three to one majority (with Austin Ardill coming a distant third).Ann Purdy, Molyneaux: The Long View (Greystone Books, 1989), p. 73. Molyneaux had previously been parliamentary leader of the United Ulster Unionist Council since 22 October 1974 (West had lost his seat in that month's general election). Notes Category:Ulster Unionist Party leadership elections Category:1979 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1979 elections in Northern Ireland Ulster Unionist Party leadership election