Declan O'Loan
| Declan O'Loan | |
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| Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Antrim North |
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| In office 7 March 2007 – 5 May 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Sean Farren (SDLP) |
| Succeeded by | Jim Allister (Trad. Unionist) |
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| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| Spouse(s) | Nuala O'Loan |
| Alma mater | Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Imperial College London |
Declan O'Loan is a former member of the Northern Ireland Assembly in the North Antrim constituency, and a serving member of Ballymena Borough Council. He is a member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), but the party whip was withdrawn on 25 May 2010.[1]
O'Loan was elected for the SDLP in the 2007 Assembly Elections. He was suspended by the SDLP after advocating a merger between the SDLP and Sinn Féin to form a single nationalist party.[1] The SDLP had refused to make an electoral pact with Sinn Féin in the 2010 Westminster election.[1] In the May 2011 election, O'Loan ran as an SDLP candidate for re-election to the Assembly from North Antrim, but was eliminated in the last round of ballot-counting.
Declan O'Loan is married to Nuala O'Loan, a former Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland. He is also the Honorary Consul of Romania in Northern Ireland. O'Loan studied at Imperial College London and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge[2]
[edit] Organisational membership
- Secretary of the Association of SDLP Councillors
- Chair of Ballymena District Policing Partnership
- Chair of Ballymena Community Safety Partnership
- Member of the Board of Ballymena Citizens Advice Bureau
- Member of the Board of Ballymena Community Forum
- Member of the Ballymena Local Strategy Partnership
- Member of the Northern Ireland Community Relations Council
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "SDLP suspends O'Loan after merger call". BreakingNews.ie. 25 May 2010. http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/sdlp-suspends-oloan-after-merger-call-459093.html. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
- ^ "Declan O'Loan Profile". SDLP. 2010. http://www.sdlp.ie/index.php/your_representatives/profile/declan_o_loan/. Retrieved 2010-09-05.
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| Northern Ireland Assembly | ||
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| Preceded by Sean Farren |
MLA for Antrim North 2007 - 2011 |
Succeeded by Jim Allister |
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