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Politician in Northern Ireland
"Robert Armstrong (British politician)" redirects here. For British Lord Temporal and former civil servant, see Robert Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Ilminster.
Armstrong worked as a shipyard fitter then, later, as a water superintendent. He joined the Ulster Unionist Party and, despite having no political experience, was elected to the Senate of Northern Ireland in 1956, serving until his death in 1961.
References
John F. Harbinson, The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882-1973, p.205