en Margaret Crooks

Margaret Crooks
Margaret Crooks
Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast
	In office; 3 June 2003 – June 2004
Preceded by	Hugh Smyth (2002)
Succeeded by	Joe O'Donnell
	In office; June 1996 – June 1997
Preceded by	Alasdair McDonnell
Succeeded by	Jim Rodgers
High Sheriff of Belfast
	In office; January 1994 – January 1995
Preceded by	Jim Walker
Succeeded by	John Parkes
Member of ; Belfast City Council
	In office; 15 May 1985 – 5 May 2005
Preceded by	New district
Succeeded by	Jim Kirkpatrick
Constituency	Balmoral
	In office; 18 May 1977 – 15 May 1985
Preceded by	W.D. Gilmore
Succeeded by	District abolished
Constituency	Belfast Area C
Personal details
Born	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Died	April 2014
Political party	Ulster Unionist Party

Mary Margaret Crooks (died April 2014) was an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician who served as deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast from June 2003 to June 2004, having previously been in the role from 1996 to 1997. Additionally, Crooks was High Sheriff of Belfast between 1994 and 1995.^[2] She served as a Belfast City councillor from 1977 until 2005.

Background

In 1994, she was made High Sheriff of Belfast, becoming the fifth woman to serve in the role.^[4]

At the 2001 Council election, Crooks topped the poll in Balmoral.^[5]

Following the appointment of the SDLP's Martin Morgan as Lord Mayor of Belfast in June 2003, she served as his deputy.^[6]

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^ "APPOINTMENTS BY SECRETARY OF STATE" (PDF). The Gazette. 7 January 1994. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
^ "Local government elections 1973-1981: Belfast". Ark elections. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
^ "New she-riff for City". Belfast Telegraph. 13 October 2002. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
^ "UUP top NI council poll". BBC NEWS. 12 June 2001. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
^ "Mayor in partnership pledge". BBC NEWS. 3 June 2003. Retrieved 13 November 2024.