Ivor Canavan, OBE (1929–1999) was a politician in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. On leaving St Columb's College, Canavan studied Engineering at University College Dublin. He returned to his native Derry in 1959 and commenced a lifelong career with Du Pont. In the context of a deepening political crisis, Canavan became an active member of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland shortly after its 1970 inception. Ivor Canavan was appointed an OBE in 1980 for public services in Northern Ireland. Canavan's brother Michael was a prominent member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party.