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Gavin Robinson
57th Lord Mayor of Belfast
In office
2012–2013
Preceded byNiall Ó Donnghaile
Succeeded byMairtin O'Muilleoir
Councillor on Belfast City Council
Assumed office
2011
ConstituencyPottinger
Personal details
BornLord Mayor of Belfast
1985
Belfast, Northern Ireland
DiedLord Mayor of Belfast
Resting placeLord Mayor of Belfast
NationalityBritish
Political partyDemocratic Unionist Party
SpouseLindsay
Children1
Parent
  • Lord Mayor of Belfast
Alma materQueen's University Belfast
ProfessionBarrister
Websitehttp://www.dup.org.uk/

Gavin Robinson was the 57th Lord Mayor of Belfast.[1] Robinson is a Democratic Unionist Party councillor for the Pottinger electoral area in South and East Belfast.[2]

Alderman Robinson was elected to office on 1 June 2012 and served as Lord Mayor until June 2013.

He has represented the Pottinger area of east Belfast since March 2010 when he was co-opted to replace Sammy Wilson. He was then elected in May 2011.

A lifelong East Belfast resident, he continues to live in the area with his wife.

Educated at Queen's University, he read Law and attained a Masters in Irish Politics before commencing practice as a barrister.

He is currently a member of the East Belfast District Policing and Community Safety Partnership subgroup, having previously represented the council on the board of the Ulster Orchestra and the World Police and Fire Games 2013.

He is the 2015 parliamentary candidate for the Democratic Unionist Party in the constituency of Belfast East, currently held by the Alliance Party.

Raised a Presbyterian he currently attends the Church of Ireland.

References

  1. ^ "BBC News - DUP's Gavin Robinson is new Lord Mayor of Belfast". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
  2. ^ Published on Friday 1 June 2012 19:32. "Robinson is new Belfast Lord Mayor - Local - Belfast Newsletter". Newsletter.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-06-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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