James Kilfedder
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Sir James Kilfedder |
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Member of Parliament for North Down |
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In office 18 June 1970 – 20 March 1995 |
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| Preceded by | George Currie |
| Succeeded by | Robert McCartney |
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Member of Parliament for Belfast West |
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In office 15 October 1964 – 31 March 1966 |
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| Preceded by | Patricia McLaughlin |
| Succeeded by | Gerry Fitt |
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16 July 1928 Kinlough, Ireland |
| Died | 20 March 1995 (aged 66) London, England |
| Nationality | British |
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Ulster Unionist Party Popular Unionist Party |
| Spouse(s) | Never married |
| Alma mater |
Trinity College, Dublin King's Inn Gray's Inn |
| Profession | Barrister |
| Religion | Anglican |
Sir James Alexander Kilfedder (16 July 1928 in Kinlough, County Leitrim – 20 March 1995) was a Northern Ireland unionist politician.
James Kilfedder, born in Kinlough, County Leitrim to a family from Enniskillen, was educated at Portora Royal School, Enniskillen and Trinity College, Dublin. During his time in college he acted as Auditor of the College Historical Society, one of the oldest undergraduate debating society in the world. He became a barrister, called to the Irish Bar at King's Inns, Dublin, in 1952 and the English Bar at Gray's Inn in 1958. He practised law in London.
At the 1964 general election, Kilfedder was elected as an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) Member of Parliament for West Belfast. During the campaign there were riots in Divis Street when the police removed an Irish flag from the Sinn Féin offices of Billy McMillen after a complaint by Kilfedder in the form of a telegram to the Minister of Home Affairs, Brian McConnell. It read "Remove tricolour in Divis Street which is aimed to provoke and insult loyalists of Belfast." Kilfedder lost his seat at the 1966 election to Gerry Fitt. He was elected again in the 1970 general election for North Down, and held the seat until his death in 1995.
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