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Herbert Whitten
Herbert Whitten
was a
Unionist
politician
in
Northern Ireland
.
Born
in
Portadown
, Whitten became the
managing director
of T. A. Shillington, a builders'
merchants
. He was elected to
Portadown District Council
as an
Ulster Unionist Party
member in
1968
, and at the
1969 Northern Ireland general election
, he was elected for
Central Armagh
.
In
1973
, following the
reorganisation
of
local government
in Northern
Ireland
, Whitten was elected to
Craigavon Borough Council
, and he also took a seat in
Armagh
on the
1973 Northern Ireland Assembly
. He held this seat on the
Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention
. In 1978–79, he served as
Mayor of Craigavon
.