Declan O'Loan
Declan O'Loan | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Antrim North | |
| In office 7 March 2007 – 5 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Sean Farren |
| Succeeded by | Jim Allister |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 August 1951 Carnlough, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | SDLP |
| Spouse | Nuala O'Loan |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Imperial College London |
Declan O'Loan (born 5 August 1951) is an Irish former politician who served as a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for North Antrim from 2007 to 2011. O’Loan was previously a member of Ballymena Borough Council.[1] He is a member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), but the party whip was withdrawn on 25 May 2010.[2]
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.[2] The SDLP had refused to make an electoral pact with Sinn Féin in the 2010 Westminster election.[2][3] 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.[4]
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
References
- ^ "Ballymena Borough Council - Councillors". Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
- ^ a b c "SDLP suspends O'Loan after merger call". BreakingNews.ie. 25 May 2010. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
- ^ "BBC News – Party whip removed from SDLP's Declan O'Loan". BBC News. BBC News. 25 May 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- ^ "Declan O'Loan Profile". SDLP. 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
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- 1951 births
- Living people
- Alumni of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
- Alumni of Imperial College London
- Members of Ballymena Borough Council
- Social Democratic and Labour Party MLAs
- Northern Ireland MLAs 2007–2011
- People from Ballymena
- Politicians from County Antrim
- Spouses of life peers
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