George Forrest (26 October 1921 – 10 December 1968) was a Northern Irish unionist politician from Tullyhogue Cookstown who served as MP for Mid Ulster in the House of Commons from 1956 until his death.
[1] [2] [3] Forrest was first elected at the age of 33 in the 1956 Mid Ulster by-election, which was called after two previous Mid-Ulster MPs, Unionist Charles Beattie and Republican Tom Mitchell, had been declared ineligible to sit.
In 1967 he was pulled off a Twelfth of July platform in Coagh and kicked unconscious by fellow members of the Orange Order who objected to his support for O'Neill.
[10] Terence O'Neill said of Forrest that, "He was a generous and loyal man and brought a down to earth quality of integrity into his career in politics.
"[11] The Ulster Unionists selected Forrest's widow Anna as their candidate for the 1969 Mid-Ulster by-election, however she held no public meetings or did any electioneering beyond a brief address to voters.