Peter McLachlan

Peter J. McLachlan (21 August 1936 – 4 August 1999) was a Northern Irish unionist politician.

Background Born in Sheffield, McLachlan studied at Magdalen College School, Oxford, then at Queen's College, Oxford. He entered the Civil Service, and was an organiser of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. A keen supporter of the United Nations, he was a member of the executive of the United Nations Association from 1960 to 1962. In his spare time, he was also a supporter of the Corrymeela Community. On the Assembly, he was a leading supporter of power sharing, active in negotiations with the Social Democratic and Labour Party. He was also unsuccessful at the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention election in 1975, losing his South Antrim seat.

McLachlan was a founding member of Peace People, in 1976, and became Chairman of the group, before resigning in 1980. He spent the remainder of his life with the Belfast Voluntary Welfare Society, first as general secretary, then as its director.