William Sharpe Hinds was a unionist politician

Politician

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 in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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Hinds grew up in Belfast

Belfast

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, becoming the owner of an engineering business. He was also elected as an 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...

 Member of 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...

. At the Northern Ireland general election, 1958

Northern Ireland general election, 1958

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, he was elected in Belfast Willowfield

Belfast Willowfield (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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, and he served until his defeat in 1969

Northern Ireland general election, 1969

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 by independent Unionist

Independent Unionist

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 Tom Caldwell

Tom Caldwell

Tom Caldwell was a politician, art dealer and interior designer in Northern Ireland.Born in Uganda, Caldwell moved to Belfast at the age of three. He studied at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, then in 1941 joined the Inniskillings Fusiliers...

. While he had the support at that election of the Ormeau Unionist Association and the Willowfield Women's Unionist Association, the Willowfield Unionist Club, another local affiliate of the Ulster Unionist Council, backed Caldwell, and this split became a long-term dispute among party activists in the area.