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UUP Representatives Sir Reg Empey Lady Sylvia Hermon Jim Nicholson Billy Armstrong Roy Beggs Jnr David Burnside Fred Cobain Robert Coulter Leslie Cree Tom Elliott Sam Gardiner Danny Kennedy John McCallister David McClarty Basil McCrea Alan McFarland Michael McGimpsey David McNarry Ken Robinson George Savage

The Ulster Unionist Party marked a major anniversary last year as it celebrated one hundred years since the formation of the Ulster Unionist Council in 1905. "100 years ago we took a stand for the Union. We pledge ourselves today to maintain that stand. This party faced off the threat of Home Rule. We created Northern Ireland instead. We built it up. We nurtured it. Others laid it low. We built it up again. Our work and the risks we took paid off for society. And for Unionism." (David Trimble, speaking at the Centenary Celebrations) » Sermon given by the Dean of Belfast Cathedral on Sunday 6th March at a Service of Thanksgiving marking the Centenary of the Ulster Unionist Council. We invite you to learn more about the history of Unionism: Download the 24-page Newsletter Supplement - "Celebrating 100 Years of the Ulster Unionist Council" (ready-to-print PDF file) A Century of Strong Leadership - Ulster Unionist leaders since 1905 UUP commemorates past leaders in wreath-laying ceremonies The image of the 1912 Covenant is reproduced by kind permission of the Deputy Keeper of the Records, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland.