Norman Laird (1906 – 28 April 1970) was a medical doctor and unionist politician in Northern Ireland.
Laird studied at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and the Queen's University of Belfast. He became a doctor and joined the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), and chaired its St Anne's branch from 1948 until 1969. He was awarded an OBE in 1961.
Laird was elected for the UUP in Belfast St Anne's at the 1969 Northern Ireland general election. In March 1970, he was one of five UUP MPs expelled from the Ulster Unionist parliamentary party for refusing to support the government in a vote of no confidence. He died the following month. In the ensuing by-election, his seat was won by his son, John Laird.
References
- ^ "Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons". Archived from the original on 26 February 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
- J. R. Hill, A New History of Ireland Volume VII: Ireland 1921-84, p.341
| Parliament of Northern Ireland | ||
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| Preceded byEdmond Warnock | Member of Parliament for Belfast St Anne's 1969–1970 |
Succeeded byJohn Laird |
- 1906 births
- 1970 deaths
- Alumni of Queen's University Belfast
- Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1969–1973
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- People educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution
- Ulster Unionist Party members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland
- Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for Belfast constituencies
- 20th-century medical doctors from Northern Ireland