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Robert Overend is a Northern Ireland farmer, businessman and former Unionist politician in Northern Ireland. He is a deputy Grand Master of the Orange Order. Overend was a prominent member of the Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party in the mid-1970s. In 1975, he proposed that the Order formed a new, united unionist party, but this was rejected.〔Henry Patterson and Eric P. Kaufmann, ''Unionism and Orangeism in Northern Ireland Since 1945'', p. 204〕 He was elected for Vanguard to the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention from Mid Ulster,〔(Mid Ulster 1973-82 ), Northern Ireland Elections〕 In 1976, an unsuccessful attempt was made on his life by the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA).〔Yonah Alexander and Alan O'Day, ''Ireland's Terrorist Dilemma'', p. 102〕 Overend joined the United Ulster Unionist Party (UUUP) on its formation, and was elected to Magherafelt District Council for the new party at the 1977 local elections, holding his seat in 1981 local elections.〔(The Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Magherafelt ), Northern Ireland Elections; accessed 11 November 2015.〕 Overend stood for the UUUP again at the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1982, but was not successful.〔 In the run-up to the election, his son, Robert Andrew Overend, was seriously injured by an INLA bomb.〔''Fortnight, Issues 173-189'', p. 18〕 During the 1990s, he served as Deputy Grand Master of the Orange Order.〔"(Ulster Marches Pass Off Peacefully )", ''BBC Politics 97''; accessed 11 November 2015.〕 Outside politics, he works as a pig farmer and is chair of the Ulster Pork and Bacon Forum. His daughter-in-law, Sandra Overend, is an Ulster Unionist member of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Overend has another son, Nigel.〔(Deerpark Pedigree Pigs official website ), deerpark-pigs.com; accessed 11 November 2015.〕 ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Overend」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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