Gordon Mawhinney

Gordon Mawhinney
Deputy leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
In office
1987–1991
LeaderJohn Alderdice
Preceded byAddie Morrow
Succeeded bySeamus Close
Member of
Newtownabbey Borough Council
In office
19 May 1993 – 21 May 1997
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded byLynn Frazer
ConstituencyUniversity
In office
17 May 1989 – 19 May 1993
Preceded byEdward Cassells
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
ConstituencyManse Road
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for South Antrim
In office
20 October 1982 – 1986
Preceded byAssembly re-established
Succeeded byAssembly dissolved
Personal details
Born4 January 1943
Antrim, Northern Ireland
Political partyAlliance Party

Gordon Hugh Mawhinney (born 4 January 1943) is a Northern Irish former politician.

Biography

Mawhinney married Maureen Gribben (born 5 January 1943) on 4 April 1967.[1] In 1981, Mawhinney stood for the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland in Newtownabbey District "C", but was not elected.[2] He was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1982, in South Antrim.[3] He stood in the equivalent Westminster constituency at the 1983 general election, receiving 11.9% of the votes cast, and increased his share to 16.0% at the 1987 general election, in which he took second place.[4]

In 1987, Mawhinney was elected as Deputy Leader of the Alliance Party,[1] a position which he held until he resigned in 1991, claiming "health and business reasons".[5] In 1989, he finally won a seat on Newtownabbey Borough Council, in Manse Road[6] In 1993, he won a seat in the successor district of University, but he did not restand in 1997.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Who's who in European Politics (1982, p. 406)
  2. ^ The Local Government Elections 1973–1981: Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland Elections
  3. ^ South Antrim 1973–82, Northern Ireland Elections
  4. ^ South Antrim 1983–1992, Northern Ireland Elections
  5. ^ Sydney Elliott and William D. Flackes, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory, 1968–1999
  6. ^ Local Government Elections 1985 – 1989: Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland Elections
  7. ^ Newtownabbey Borough Council Elections 1993–2005, Northern Ireland Elections
Northern Ireland Assembly (1982)
New assembly MPA for South Antrim
1982–1986 		Assembly abolished
Party political offices
Preceded by Deputy Leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
1987–91 		Succeeded by