William Leeburn

William John Leeburn (1895 – 7 September 1975) was a trade unionist and politician from Northern Ireland.

Born in Carnmoney, Leeburn came to prominence in the Northern Ireland Labour Party (NILP).

[2] He stood unsuccessfully in Belfast North at the 1945 and 1950 Westminster general elections, where he took 44.7% and then 35.6% of the votes cast.

[4] He was broadly supportive of the partition of Ireland, and argued that the NILP should become a regional council of the British Labour Party.

[5] Leeburn was also active in the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers Union (ATGWU), becoming its district organiser for Northern Ireland in 1936.