Albert Boyd Douglas, known as Boyd Douglas (born 13 July 1950) is a politician

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 in Northern Ireland

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Douglas attended Strabane Agriculture College before working as a farmer

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. He was elected as a Ulster Unionist Party

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 representative on Limavady Borough Council

Limavady Borough Council

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 in 1997, but soon resigned in opposition to the Good Friday Agreement.

Douglas was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly

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 in 1998

Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1998

-Seats summary:-Details:Although the SDLP won the most first preference votes, the Ulster Unionists won the most seats in the Assembly. This has been attributed to several reasons, including:...

 as an independent Unionist

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 representing East Londonderry

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. With two other anti-agreement Unionists, he formed the United Unionist Coalition

United Unionist Coalition

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. He retained his seat on the council in 2001, but lost his Assembly seat, along with all the other Coalition MLAs, in 2003

Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2003

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. In 2005, he was able to top the poll in his seat in Limavady

Limavady

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Douglas subsequently joined Traditional Unionist Voice

Traditional Unionist Voice

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, and will contest the East Londonderry seat for the party at the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2011.