For the 19th-century baseball player, see John Lowry (baseball)

John Lowry (baseball)

John D. Lowry was an American professional baseball player who played for the Washington Nationals in 1875. He appeared in six games for the Nationals and hit .136....

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John Lowry is the General Secretary of the Workers' Party

Workers' Party of Ireland

The Workers' Party is a left-wing republican political party in Ireland. Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970 after a split within the party, adopting its current name in 1982....

 in Ireland

Ireland

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. He is a native of the Lower Falls area of Belfast

Belfast

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Lowry first stood for the Workers' Party in the Lagan Valley by-election, 1986. As the only candidate to challenge Jim Molyneaux of the Ulster Unionist Party

Ulster Unionist Party

The Ulster Unionist Party – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland...

, he picked up 9.3% of the vote.

Lowry stood again in Lagan Valley

Lagan Valley (UK Parliament constituency)

Lagan Valley is a Parliamentary Constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons.- Boundaries :The seat was created in 1983, as part of an expansion of Northern Ireland's constituencies from 12 to 17, and was predominantly made up from parts of South Antrim and North Down. In their original...

 at the 1987 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1987

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, but, facing several candidates, his vote dropped below 3%. For the 1992 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1992

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 he moved to contest Belfast West

Belfast West (UK Parliament constituency)

Belfast West is a parliamentary constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.-Boundaries:The seat was restored in 1922 when as part of the establishment of the devolved Stormont Parliament for Northern Ireland, the number of MPs in the Westminster Parliament was drastically cut...

, and has contested this unsuccessfully at each subsequent election.

Lowry was also the Workers' Party's candidate in the Northern Ireland constituency

Northern Ireland (European Parliament constituency)

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 at the European Parliament election in 1994, coming well down the field with only 0.45% of the votes cast. He topped the party's list in Belfast West

Belfast West (Assembly constituency)

Belfast West is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973...

 for the Northern Ireland Forum

Northern Ireland Forum

The Northern Ireland Forum was a body set up in 1996 as part of a process of negotiations that eventually led to the Belfast Agreement in 1998....

 election of 1996, and has contested the same seat at each election to the Northern Ireland Assembly

Northern Ireland Assembly

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. Lowry has also stood for Belfast City Council

Belfast City Council

Belfast City Council is the local authority with responsibility for the city of Belfast, the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland. The Council serves an estimated population of , the largest of any district council in Northern Ireland, while also being the fourth smallest by area...

 in the Lower Falls ward in each election since 1993

Northern Ireland local elections, 1993

Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland on 19 May 1993.-Overall:-Belfast:-References:...

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In 2005, Lowry was one of three people to post bail

Bail

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 for Workers' Party President Seán Garland

Seán Garland

Seán Garland is a former President of the Workers' Party in Ireland.-Early Life:Born at Belvedere Place, off Mountjoy Square in Dublin, Garland joined the Irish Republican Army in 1953. In 1954, he briefly joined the British Army as an IRA agent and collected intelligence on Gough Barracks in...

, but forfeited £9,000 after Garland failed to appear in court.

Lowry is registered with the Electoral Commission

Electoral Commission (United Kingdom)

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as the leader and nominating officer of the Workers' Party in Northern Ireland.