Ulster Progressive Unionist Association - Progressive Unionist Candidates

Progressive Unionist Candidates

Northern Ireland general election, 1938

  1. Mrs P. Moody Belfast Bloomfield 3,988 (29.7%)
  2. W. J. Stewart Belfast Cromac 4,337 (35.5%)
  3. R. Bradford Belfast Oldpark 1,253 (8.6%)
  4. J. D. Wallace Belfast St Anne's 5,172 (31.6%)
  5. J. McMaster Belfast Victoria 3,434 (24.5%)
  6. R. H. Press Belfast Windsor 4,429 (33.0%)
  7. J. Graham Antrim, Antrim 5,374 (39.8%)
  8. A. Beggs Antrim Mid 4,514 (32.5%)
  9. R. N. Boyd Antrim North 4,477 (35.3%)
  10. W. J. Price Down East 4,050 (44.8%)
  • Total: 42,425 votes (12.9% of the Northern Ireland vote in the 31 contested seats) - finished second in terms of votes but won no seats

United Kingdom by-election 11 February 1943

  • R. H. Press Antrim 1,432 (2.3%)

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