Rafton John Pounder (13 May 1933 — 16 April 1991) was a Pro-Assembly Unionist and Conservative Party Westminster MP from Northern Ireland.

Rafton Pounder
Member of Parliament
for Belfast South
In office
22 October 1963 – 8 February 1974
Preceded byDavid Campbell
Succeeded byRobert Bradford
Personal details
Born
Rafton John Pounder

(1933-05-13)13 May 1933
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Died16 March 1991(1991-03-16) (aged 57)
Groomsport, Northern Ireland
NationalityBritish
Political partyUlster Unionist Party
SpouseValerie Isobel
Children2
Alma materChrist's College, Cambridge

Born at Ballynahatty, Shaw's Bridge, Belfast, the son of Cuthbert C. Pounder, Rafton Pounder was educated at Rockport School, Charterhouse and at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he was Chairman of the Conservative Association (CUCA).[1]

He was elected Westminster Member of Parliament for Belfast South in a 1963 by-election, and served until February 1974 when he lost as a Pro-Assembly Unionist to the Reverend Robert Bradford of the United Ulster Unionist Coalition. Pounder was also a Member of the European Parliament from 1973 to 1974. From 1964 to 1967, he served as Secretary of the Ulster Unionist Parliamentary Party.[2]

Married to Valerie Isobel (daughter of Robert Stewart MBE), with one son, Aidan, and one daughter, Helen, he lived at Groomsport, County Down, until his death at age 57. He is outlived by his granddaughters, Charlotte, Kate, Iona and Penelope.

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  1. ^ Cambridge University Conservative Association
  2. ^ John F. Harbinson, The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882-1973, p.182

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Belfast South
1963February 1974
Succeeded by