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Hugh Smyth was born in 1941 in the Woodvale Road district of Belfast. He worked at the Short Brothers aerospace factory before entering politics. Smyth was elected to the Belfast Corporation in 1972 as a representative for Shankill Ward. He was re-elected in the new Belfast City Council and served on council for forty-one years before retiring due to ill health in January 2014. In the early 1970s, Smyth acted as a public spokesman for the Ulster Volunteer Force. Smyth served in the 1974 Northern Ireland Assembly, having been elected as an Independent Unionist. He was also elected to the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention in 1975. Smyth was a founding member of the Independent Unionist Group, which changed its name to the Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) in 1979.
In 1996, he was awarded an OBE for his services to the community.
Belfast City Hall
Belfast
Title
Hugh Smyth, The Right Honorable, The Lord Mayor of Belfast (1994–1995)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 124 x W 108 cm (E)
Accession number
1995-008
Work type
Painting
Belfast City Hall
Donegal Place, Belfast, County Antrim BT1 5GS Northern Ireland
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J. Stewart Pollock, DL Belfast Harbour Commissioners -
C. T. Hurst, OBE, DL Belfast Harbour Commissioners -
Mendrum Sunset Ulster Hospital -
Hugh Smyth, The Right Honorable, The Lord Mayor of Belfast (1994–1995) Belfast City Hall -
Alfred Henry Ferguson, The Right Honorable, The Lord Mayor of Belfast (1983–1985) Belfast City Hall