George Dawson (Northern Ireland politician)
George Dawson | |
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![]() Dawson pictured at an Independent Orange Order event. | |
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Antrim East | |
In office 26 November 2003 – 7 May 2007 | |
Preceded by | Danny O'Connor |
Succeeded by | Alastair Ross |
Personal details | |
Born | Lurgan, Northern Ireland | 10 May 1961
Died | 7 May 2007 Northern Ireland | (aged 45)
Political party | Democratic Unionist Party |
Spouse | Vi Dawson |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Queen's University Belfast |
Website | georgedawson.org (Archived) |
George Dawson (10 May 1961 – 7 May 2007) Was a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician who was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for East Antrim from 2003 to 2007.
Background
[edit]Dawson was first elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly for East Antrim at the 2003 election. He died shortly after being re-elected to the Assembly in 2007, following a short battle with cancer. He was seen as a potential member of the power-sharing executive of the first minister, the DUP leader Ian Paisley, whose evangelical Protestant and strong unionist beliefs he shared.[1]
Dawson was a founder in 1998, and was until his death the chairman, of the Caleb Foundation, a Christian fundamentalist pressure group. He was also Grand Master of the Independent Orange Order and Treasurer of the Evangelical Protestant Society.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ McHardy, Anne (9 May 2007). "Obituary: George Dawson". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. Archived from the original on 7 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- ^ Caleb Foundation Archived 7 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine British Centre for Science Education, 2010
External links
[edit]- 1961 births
- 2007 deaths
- People from Lurgan
- Alumni of Queen's University Belfast
- Democratic Unionist Party MLAs
- Northern Ireland MLAs 2003–2007
- Northern Ireland MLAs 2007–2011
- Deaths from cancer in Northern Ireland
- People educated at Banbridge Academy
- Presbyterians from Northern Ireland
- Christian creationists
- Christian fundamentalists
- Northern Ireland Assembly member stubs