Ivan cooper biography

Cooper was born in Claudy, County Londonderry, into a working-class Protestant family who were members of the Church of Ireland. He was brought up in nearby Killaloo, before he and his family moved in 1956 to the "Bogside" area of Derry city. He was briefly a member of the Claudy Young Unionist Association until April 1965 when he joined the Northern Ireland Labour Party. As the Labour candidate in the Stormont general election that year, he attracted a moderate amount of cross-community support

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Ivan Cooper obituary: Leading figure in North’s Civil Rights ...

Ivan Cooper: Northern Ireland civil rights leader dies - BBC