John Terence Lowry is the former General Secretary of the Workers' Party in Ireland.
As the only candidate to challenge Jim Molyneaux of the Ulster Unionist Party, he picked up 9.3% of the vote.
[1] Lowry stood again in Lagan Valley at the 1987 general election, but owing to his facing several candidates, his vote dropped below 3%.
[1] Lowry was also the Workers' Party's candidate in the Northern Ireland constituency at the European Parliament election in 1994, coming well down the field with only 0.45% of the votes cast.
[4] Lowry is registered with the Electoral Commission as the leader and nominating officer of the Workers' Party in Northern Ireland.