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Joseph Foster Cairns (27 June 1920 – 2 May 1981) was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.

Cairns was the managing director of a furniture retailer, and chairman of a development company. He was elected to the Belfast Corporation for the Ulster Unionist Party, and served as Lord Mayor of Belfast from 1969 to 1972. At the 1969 Northern Ireland general election, he stood in Belfast Oldpark, but was not elected. Cairns died in May 1981 at the age of 60.

References

1. John F. Harbinson, The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882-1973, p.208
2. "Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results: Boroughs: Belfast". www.election.demon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
3. "Joseph Foster Cairns 1920 - 1981 BillionGraves Record". BillionGraves.

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