James McClure (Unionist politician)

William James McClure MBE (15 June 1926 – 3 August 2014)[1] was a Northern Irish unionist politician, based in Coleraine, who served as President of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).

McClure was first elected in 1975 to the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention representing Londonderry.

[4] In 1977, he was elected to Coleraine Borough Council, representing the Area C District.

He served on the Coleraine Policing and Community Safety Partnership.

McClure was a fundamentalist Protestant and a member of the Independent Orange Order.