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William Thompson Wright (born 1925) is a Northern Irish business owner and former Unionist politician. Wright grew up in Ballymena, and first came to prominence in the late 1950s, when he joined his father's company, a vehicle body building business.〔"(Company History )", The Wright Group〕〔Margaret Canning, "(Wrightbus boss drives off with Belfast Telegraph's top business award )", ''Belfast Telegraph'', 28 March 2014〕 In the 1970s, Wright joined the Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party, and was elected as its Chairman.〔Ted Nealon, ''Northern Ireland: A Parliamentary Directory'', p.227〕 He stood for the party in North Antrim at the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention election in 1975, and was elected.〔"(North Antrim 1973-1982 )", Northern Ireland Elections〕 He later followed the party leaders in joining the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), and was elected to Ballymena Borough Council for this new party at the Northern Ireland local elections, 1981,〔"(The Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Ballymena )", Northern Ireland Elections〕 He lost his seat at the 1985 election, and did not stand in 1989,〔"(Local Government Elections 1985 - 1989: Ballymena )", Northern Ireland Elections〕 but was re-elected in 1993 and won again in 1997.〔"(Ballymena Borough Council Elections 1993-2011 )", Northern Ireland Elections〕 He also stood for the Northern Ireland Forum in 1996, but was not elected.〔"(1996 Forum Elections: Candidates in North Antrim )", Northern Ireland Elections〕 In 1998, he resigned from the UUP, and stood unsuccessfully in the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1998 as an independent Unionist.〔"(North Antrim )", Northern Ireland Elections〕 He held his council seat in 2001, before finally standing down in 2005.〔 Outside politics, Wright took over the family business, moving it into the construction of buses, a process which saw it become the Wright Group, with Wrightbus as its best-known subsidiary.〔 In the 2011 Birthday Honours, he was awarded the CBE.〔United Kingdom: 〕 ==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「William Wright (Northern Ireland politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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