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Gordon Dunne

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Gordon Dunne
Member of the Legislative Assembly
for North Down
In office
5 May 2011 – 9 June 2021[1]
Preceded byAlan McFarland
Succeeded byStephen Dunne
Member of North Down Borough Council
In office
21 May 1997 – 22 May 2014
Preceded byJames White
Succeeded byCouncil abolished
ConstituencyHolywood
In office
15 May 1985 – 19 May 1993
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded byJames White
ConstituencyHolywood
In office
20 May 1981 – 15 May 1985
Preceded byFrederick White
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
ConstituencyNorth Down Area D
Personal details
Born(1959-04-04)4 April 1959
Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Died20 June 2021(2021-06-20) (aged 62)
NationalityBritish
Political partyDemocratic Unionist

Gordon Dunne MBE (4 April 1959 – 20 June 2021) was a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician who was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for North Down from 2011 until June 2021.[2]

Biography

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Born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh,[3] Dunne was first elected to North Down Borough Council in the 1981 local elections representing the Holywood area.[4] He was re-elected in 1985 and 1989.[5] He lost his seat in the 1993 local elections but regained it in 1997 and sat on the council since then.[6] He resigned from the assembly effective 9 June 2021 for health reasons, and his son Stephen was subsequently co-opted to the role.[7][1]

On 20 June 2021, eleven days after his resignation, Dunne died of cancer, aged 62.[8][9][10]

References

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  1. ^ a b McCormack, Jayne (9 June 2021). "DUP MLA Gordon Dunne steps down due to serious illness". BBC News. BBC.
  2. ^ NI Assembly elections, BelfastTelegraph.co.uk; accessed 3 March 2017.
  3. ^ "DUP's Gordon Dunne: 'I found it hard to work with Sinn Fein, yet we were able to do that'". Belfasttelegraph. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  4. ^ North Down results 1973-1981, Ark.ac.uk; accessed 11 May 2011
  5. ^ North Down results 1985-1989, Ark.ac.uk; accessed 3 March 2017.
  6. ^ North Down results 1993-2011, Ark.ac.uk; accessed 3 March 2017.
  7. ^ Preston, Allan (16 June 2021). "DUP MLA Gordon Dunne's son to take over his seat at Stormont Assembly". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  8. ^ Preston, Allan (20 June 2021). "Tributes paid as veteran DUP MLA Gordon Dunne dies". The Belfast Telegraph.
  9. ^ Corr, Shauna (20 June 2021). "DUP's Gordon Dunne dies 11 days after resigning as MLA because of illness". Belfast Live.
  10. ^ "DUP Leader pays tribute to Gordon Dunne". Democratic Unionist Party. 20 June 2021. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
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Northern Ireland Assembly
Preceded by MLA for North Down
2011–2021
Succeeded by