Career
The owner of a wallpaper company in Belfast, Christie was Lord Mayor of Belfast between 1972 and 1975. In the 1973 elections to Belfast City Council Christie stood in the north-west Belfast "East" division (equivalent to the current wards of Legoniel, Ballysillan, Ardoyne, Woodvale, Forthriver and Ballygomartin), which elected 6 councillors. He was the only UUP candidate to stand in East and gained 7,875 votes, which equated to 2.8 times the electoral quota.
He retired in 1977, and the UUP vote dropped more than 3000 votes.
Amongst two UUP councillors elected to replace him was future Lord Mayor Billy Bell.
