William Samuel Fyffe (7 September 1914 – 15 April 1989)Transcription of William Fyffe's gravestone was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.
Born on Gourlieville Terrace in Strabane, Fyffe was the son of Wilson Fyffe, a Solicitors Clerk, and Margaret Cochrane.William Samuel Fyffe's Birth Certificate from 1914 Fyffe worked as a journalist and became active in the Ulster Unionist Party.Sydney Elliot and William D. Flackes, Northern Ireland: a political directory, 1968-1999, p.264 He was the Chairman of the North West Cricket Union,Northern Ireland Parliamentary Elections Results: Biographies and was known for his strident opposition to civil rights marches.
Fyffe was narrowly elected in North Tyrone at the 1969 Northern Ireland general election, serving until the Parliament was prorogued in 1972.
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