John McQuade, known as Johnny McQuade, was a Northern Ireland politician.
Career
He was a professional boxer under the name of Jack Higgins. On 28 March 1972 (the last day the Parliament sat), he resigned his parliamentary seat in protest at the prorogation of the Parliament. He contested the February and October 1974 Westminster elections unsuccessfully for Belfast West (United Kingdom Parliament constituency).
He died on 19 November 1984.
Membership
48th United Kingdom Parliament. 1st Northern Ireland Assembly (1973–1974)]
After serving with the British Army in Dunkirk and Burma, he was an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) member of Belfast City Council from 1955 to 1972. He was a UUP Member of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for Belfast Woodvale from 1965 to October 1971, when he resigned from the UUP and joined the Democratic Unionist Party.
He was elected as Member of Parliament for Belfast North from 1979 to 1983, when he retired.