Máire Hendron
Máire Hendron | |
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Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Belfast East | |
In office 2 July 2019 – 9 January 2020 | |
Preceded by | Naomi Long |
Succeeded by | Naomi Long |
34th Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast | |
In office 1 June 2014 – 1 June 2015 | |
Lord Mayor | Nichola Mallon |
Preceded by | Christopher Stalford |
Succeeded by | Guy Spence |
Member of Belfast City Council | |
In office 5 May 2005 – 22 May 2014 | |
Preceded by | Joseph O'Donnell |
Succeeded by | District abolished |
Constituency | Pottinger |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Northern Irish |
Political party | Alliance |
Occupation | Politician |
Máire Hendron is an Alliance Party politician who was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Belfast East from 2019 to 2020.
She was a Belfast City Councillor for the Pottinger DEA from 2005 to 2014, and served as Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast from 2014 to 2015.
Political career
[edit]She was first elected to Belfast City Council in 2005, representing the Pottinger District.
Hendron was re-elected to the Council 2011, but failed to be elected onto the successor Titanic District at the 2014 local elections.
Hendron was appointed Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast in 2014.[1]
Hendron was co-opted the Northern Ireland Assembly in July 2019 after the incumbent MLA, Naomi Long, was elected to the European Parliament .[2] She resigned as an MLA in January 2020.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Maire Hendron: 'When contentious issues arose in council, it was important to work with all the parties... It was very unpleasant at times'". Belfast Telegraph. 24 June 2019.
- ^ "Maire Hendron replaces Naomi Long as east Belfast MLA". BBC News. 20 June 2019.
- ^ New MLA – Belfast East Constituency – 08 January 2020