He is great! Geez, that old fat man. Look at the way he moves, like a dancer... And those fingers, them chubby fingers. And that stroke, it's like he's, uh, like he's playin' a violin or somethin.'
[After discovering that Charlie kept some money from him] With that fifteen hundred, I could have beat him. That's all I needed, Charlie... You'd love to keep me hustlin' for ya, huh, wouldn't ya? I mean, a couple more years with me scufflin' around in them little towns and those back alleys, you might make yourself enough to get a little pool room back in Oakland, six tables and a handbook on the side... Lay down and die by yourself.
Now why did I do it, Sarah, why did I do it? I could've beat that guy, I could've beat him cold. He never would have known. But I just had to show him. Just had to show those creeps and those punks what the game is like when it's great, when it's really great. You know, like anything can be great, anything can be great. I don't care — brick-laying can be great if a guy knows. If he knows what he's doin' and why and if he can make it come off.
A motion picture that probes the stranger... the pick-up... why a man hustles for a buck or a place in the sun!
They called him "Fast Eddie"... He was a winner... He was a loser... He was a hustler.
Only the angel who falls knows the depths of hell.
It delves without compromise into the hungers that lie deep within us all.
Trapped by the underworld . . . they risked love and fortune in a desperate gamble!
Ards was a constituency of the
Parliament of Northern IrelandThe Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature of Northern Ireland, created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which sat from 7 June 1921 to 30 March 1972, when it was suspended...
.
Boundaries
Ards was a county constituency comprising the town of
NewtownardsNewtownards is a large town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies at the most northern tip of Strangford Lough, 10 miles east of Belfast, on the Ards Peninsula. Newtownards is the largest town in the Borough of Ards. According to the 2001 Census, it has a population of 27,821 people in...
, the
Ards peninsulaThe Ards Peninsula is a peninsula in County Down, Northern Ireland which separates Strangford Lough from the North Channel of the Irish Sea, on Ireland's northeast coast. A number of towns and villages are located on the peninsula, such as the seaside town of Donaghadee, with the surrounding area...
and the town of
DonaghadeeDonaghadee is a small town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the northeast coast of the Ards Peninsula, about east of Belfast and about six miles south east of Bangor. It had a population of 6,470 people in the 2001 Census...
. It was created in 1929 when the
House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929The House of Commons Act 1929 was an Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland; its major provision was to abolish proportional representation for all future elections in Northern Ireland....
introduced first past the post elections throughout Northern Ireland. Ards was created by the division of
DownDown was a county constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1921 - 1929. It returned eight MPs, using the single transferable vote method of proportional representation.-Boundaries:...
into eight new constituencies. The constituency survived unchanged, returning one member of Parliament until the
Parliament of Northern IrelandThe Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature of Northern Ireland, created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which sat from 7 June 1921 to 30 March 1972, when it was suspended...
was
temporarily suspendedThe Northern Ireland Act 1972 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that introduced direct rule in Northern Ireland with effect from 30 March 1972....
in 1972, and then
formally abolishedThe Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which received the Royal Assent on 18 July 1973...
in 1973.
Politics
Ards had a unionist majority, and consistently elected
Ulster Unionist PartyThe 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...
members. It was sometimes contested by members of the
Ulster Liberal PartyThe Ulster Liberal Party was a liberal political party in Northern Ireland, supporting a unionist position and linked to the British Liberal Party....
,
Northern Ireland Labour PartyThe Northern Ireland Labour Party was an Irish political party which operated from 1924 until 1987.In 1913 the British Labour Party resolved to give the recently formed Irish Labour Party exclusive organising rights in Ireland...
or
Commonwealth Labour PartyThe Commonwealth Labour Party was a minor political party in Northern Ireland. The party was founded in 1942 by Harry Midgley, former leader of the Northern Ireland Labour Party , in order to pursue his brand of labour unionism....
, who received between 19% and 42% of the votes cast.
Members of Parliament
| Elected |
Party |
Name |
1929
|
Henry Mulholland Sir Henry George Hill Mulholland, 1st Baronet PC , was a Northern Ireland politician.Mulholland was the third son of Henry Lyle Mulholland, 2nd Baron Dunleath, and Norah Louisa Fanny Ward...
|
1945
|
Robert Perceval-Maxwell Major John Robert Perceval-Maxwell was an Ulster Unionist Party politician from Northern Ireland.Perceval-Maxwell was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was called to the Bar but did not practice as a Barrister. From 1935 to 1941 he was a member of the Senate of...
|
1949-References:*-See also:*MPs elected in the Northern Ireland general election, 1949...
|
William May William Morrison May was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.May was born at Marlborough Park, Belfast, the son of William May JP, and educated at Methodist College, Belfast...
|
1962-Seats summary:-References:*...
|
William Long |
- May died during his time in office and his seat was vacant at dissolution.
Elections
At the
1933
and
1938 general election
s,
Henry MulhollandSir Henry George Hill Mulholland, 1st Baronet PC , was a Northern Ireland politician.Mulholland was the third son of Henry Lyle Mulholland, 2nd Baron Dunleath, and Norah Louisa Fanny Ward...
was elected unopposed.
At the
Northern Ireland general election, 1949-References:*-See also:*MPs elected in the Northern Ireland general election, 1949...
,
William MayWilliam Morrison May was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.May was born at Marlborough Park, Belfast, the son of William May JP, and educated at Methodist College, Belfast...
was elected unopposed.
At the
Northern Ireland general election, 1958-References:*-See also:*MPs elected in the Northern Ireland general election, 1958...
,
William MayWilliam Morrison May was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.May was born at Marlborough Park, Belfast, the son of William May JP, and educated at Methodist College, Belfast...
was elected unopposed.
At the
Northern Ireland general election, 1969
, William Long was elected unopposed.
- Parliament prorogued 30 March 1972 and abolished 18 July 1973