Editing Martin Smyth (section)

{{Short description|Northern Irish unionist clergyman and politician}}
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| honorific-prefix    = 
| name                = Martin Smyth
| honorific-suffix    = 
| image               = 
| parliament          = 
| majority            = 
| term_start          = 4 March 1982
| term_end            = 11 April 2005
| predecessor         = [[Robert Bradford (NI politician)|Robert Bradford]]
| successor           = [[Alasdair McDonnell]]
| office1 = [[Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly]] <br/> for [[Belfast South (Assembly constituency)|Belfast South]]
| term_start1 = 20 October 1982
| term_end1 = 1986
| predecessor1 = Assembly re-established
| successor1 = Assembly abolished
| office2    = [[Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention|Member of the Constitutional Convention]] <br/> for [[Belfast South (Assembly constituency)|Belfast South]]
| term_start2 = 1975
| term_end2 = 1976
| predecessor2 = Convention created 
| successor2 = Convention dissolved 
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1931|6|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place         = [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]]
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| restingplace        = 
| birthname           = 
| nationality         = [[United Kingdom|British]]
| party               = [[Ulster Unionist Party]]
| alma_mater          = [[Trinity College Dublin]]
| occupation          = 
| profession          = Clergyman
| office              = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] <br /> for [[Belfast South (UK Parliament constituency)|Belfast South]]
}}

'''William Martin Smyth''' (born 15 June 1931) is a [[Northern Ireland|Northern Irish]] [[Unionists (Ireland)|unionist]] clergyman-politician. An ordained minister of the [[Presbyterian Church in Ireland]], he was [[Grand master (order)|Grand Master]] of the [[Orange Institution|Orange Order]] during much of the [[Troubles in Northern Ireland|Troubles]] and served as the [[Ulster Unionist Party]] (UUP) [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Belfast South (UK Parliament constituency)|Belfast South]] from 1982 to 2005.<ref>{{cite web |title=Reverend Martin Smyth |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/reverend-martin-smyth/index.html |website=Hansard |access-date=14 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Parliamentary career for The Rev Martin Smyth - MPs and Lords |url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/644/career |website=UK Parliament |access-date=14 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> He was also a vice-president of the [[Conservative Monday Club]].

Smyth was minister of Raffrey, [[County Down]], congregation from 1957 to 1963 and of Alexandra Church, [[Belfast]], 1963–1982.