About Norman Laird
Lived 1906 – 1970 (aged 63–64). Norman Laird was a British politician.
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. He died the following month. In the ensuing by-election, his seat was won by his son, John Laird.
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Who was Norman Laird?
British doctor and politician (1906-1970)
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Norman Laird was born in 1906.
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Norman Laird died on 28 April 1970.
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Norman Laird was a politician.
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Norman Laird was British.
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