Wilson Clyde

Samuel Wilson Clyde (8 April 1934 – 19 April 2019) was a Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician who was a Member of the Legislative Assembly for South Antrim from 1998 to 2007.

Wilson Clyde
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Antrim South
In office 25 June 1998 – 7 March 2007
Preceded by	New Creation
Succeeded by	William McCrea
Personal details
Born	(1934-04-08)8 April 1934 Kilbegs, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Died	19 April 2019(2019-04-19) (aged 85)
Nationality	British
Political party	Democratic Unionist Party
Spouse	Evelyn
Occupation	Farmer

Life and career

Born in Kilbegs, County Antrim, Clyde worked as a farmer before being elected to Antrim Borough Council for the Democratic Unionist Party in 1981. In 1996, he was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum, representing South Antrim, and he held the seat at the 1998 and 2003 elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly. He was deselected by the DUP for the 2007 election.^{[citation needed]}

Clyde died on 19 April 2019, at the age of 85.^[1][2]