Robert James Mitchell

Robert James Mitchell (1912 – 5 January 1998) was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.

After becoming a captain during World War II, Mitchell worked as a sales representative.

He was elected to Lurgan Borough Council in 1957 for the Ulster Unionist Party, serving until its abolition in 1973.

[1] He was expelled from the Ulster Unionist Parliamentary Party in January 1972 when he voted for a Democratic Unionist Party censure motion opposing a ban on certain processions planned for 12 July.

In 1989, he joined the Conservatives in Northern Ireland, and became Vice-Chairman of the party's East Londonderry association.