EPHEMERA : POSTERS

Title: Vote Bleakley Labour
Object Name: Political poster
Maker: NILP (Primary maker)
Date Made: 1970
1970
Place Made: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast
Belfast
Description: Poster issued and published by the Northern Ireland Labour Party. Printed black on white with Vote Bleakley Labour placed diagonally across rectangle. This poster was produced by the NILP for the 1970 UK General Election. David Bleakley stood in the East Belfast constituency and received 18,259 votes but was defeated by the Ulster Unionist Stanley McMaster.
Materials: paper
Place Collected
Date Collected: 1973
1973
Catalogue Number: BELUM.O545.1973
Copyright: National Museums NI

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