Erskine Holmes

Joseph Erskine Holmes (born February 1940) is a politician in Northern Ireland.

Holmes was educated at Annandale Grammar School and attended Queen's University Belfast. He chaired the Queen's University Labour Group in the early 1960s, serving alongside Michael Farrell and Eamonn McCann. On graduating, he became a teacher, and stood for the Northern Ireland Labour Party (NILP) in several elections.

For Westminster, Holmes stood in Belfast South at the 1966, taking 34.6% and second place, the NILP's best ever result in the seat. At the 1970 general election, he instead stood in Armagh, then back in Belfast South at the February and October 1974 general elections. He also stood in Belfast Ballynafeigh at the 1965 and 1969 Northern Ireland general elections, and Belfast South for the 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly election and Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention.

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