Harold McCusker
[1] The younger son of Jim and Lily McCusker (he had one older brother), he was born and raised in the heart of Lurgan.He represented the Armagh constituency, and was first returned to the British House of Commons at the February 1974 general election.He was returned again at the 1987 general election, which was to prove his last — he died of cancer in 1990, causing another by-election, which was won by future Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble.His youngest son, Colin (who was 18 at the time of his father's death), ran for the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2011, polling 3,402 first preference votes, but failed to get elected.Prior to his death from cancer in 1990, five days after his 50th birthday, McCusker was expected to rise further in the Ulster Unionist Party and British political scenes, due to his ability and popularity among his peers and the wider public.