{{Short description|Northern Irish politician (1934–2019)}} {{More citations needed|date=November 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Wilson Clyde | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = 150px | alt = | caption = | constituency_AM = Antrim South | assembly = Northern Ireland | majority = | term_start = 25 June 1998 | term_end = 7 March 2007 | predecessor = ''New Creation'' | successor = William McCrea | birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|04|08|df=yes}} | birth_place = Kilbegs, County Antrim, Northern Ireland | death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|04|19|1934|04|08|df=yes}} | death_place = | resting_place = | birth_name = | party = Democratic Unionist Party | other_party = | spouse = Evelyn | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = Farmer | profession = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Samuel Wilson Clyde''' (8 April 1934 – 19 April 2019) was a Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician who was a Member of the Legislative Assembly for South Antrim from 1998 to 2007.
==Life and career== Born in Kilbegs, County Antrim, Clyde worked as a farmer before being elected to Antrim Borough Council for the Democratic Unionist Party in 1981. In 1996, he was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum, representing South Antrim, and he held the seat at the 1998 and 2003 elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly. He was deselected by the DUP for the 2007 election.{{citation needed|date= August 2023}}
Clyde died on 19 April 2019, at the age of 85.<ref>{{cite news |title=Samuel Wilson Clyde |url=https://www.funeraltimes.com/samuel-wilsonclyde202582030 |access-date=12 November 2024 |publisher=Funeral Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Antrim Guardian remembers former Antrim DUP councillor and MLA Wilson Clyde, who passed away on April 19th. |url=https://www.facebook.com/antrimguardian.newspaper/photos/the-antrim-guardian-remembers-former-antrim-dup-councillor-and-mla-wilson-clyde-/2255333088054222/ |website=Antrim Guardian Newspaper on Facebook |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=23 April 2019}}</ref>
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==Sources== *[http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/members/biogs/wclyde.htm The Northern Ireland Assembly: Wilson Clyde]
{{s-start}} {{s-par|ni/for}} {{s-new | Forum}} {{s-ttl | title = Member for South Antrim | years = 1996–1998 }} {{s-non | reason = Forum dissolved }}
{{S-par|ni/ass}} {{s-new | Assembly }} {{s-ttl | title = MLA for Antrim South | years = 1998–2007 }} {{s-aft | after = William McCrea }} {{S-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Clyde, Wilson}} Category:1934 births Category:2019 deaths Category:Politicians from County Antrim Category:Democratic Unionist Party MLAs Category:Members of the Northern Ireland Forum Category:Northern Ireland MLAs 1998–2003 Category:Northern Ireland MLAs 2003–2007 Category:Members of Antrim Borough Council Category:Farmers from Northern Ireland