Annie Courtney
Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Annie Courtney is an Irish former Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician who was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Foyle from 2000 to 2003.
Career
Courtney became a nurse in Derry. Courtney joined the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), was elected to Derry City Council in 1985, and served as Mayor of Derry in 1993. Courtney retired from nursing in 1997.[1]
When SDLP leader John Hume resigned from the Northern Ireland Assembly, effective from December 2000, Courtney was co-opted as his replacement, representing Foyle.[2] Courtney was keen to contest the 2003 Northern Ireland Assembly election for the party, but did not gain the SDLP's nomination. As a result, she resigned from the party in April 2003 and instead sat as an independent.[3] Courtney stood as an independent in the election,[4] but took only 802 votes and was not elected.[5]
References
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- ↑ Biography – Annie Courtney MLA, Northern Ireland Assembly Template:Webarchive
- ↑ "Courtney takes up Hume's assembly seat", The Irish Times, 11 December 2000
- ↑ "Annie Courtney resigns from SDLP Template:Webarchive", 4NI.co.uk, 1 April 2003
- ↑ "Courtney stands as independent Template:Webarchive", BBC News
- ↑ Foyle 2003 Template:Webarchive, Northern Ireland Elections
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