David Browne (politician)
David Browne | |
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Member of Belfast City Council | |
Assumed office 19 May 1993 | |
Preceded by | Frank Millar |
Constituency | Castle |
Personal details | |
Born | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Ulster Unionist Party |
David Browne MBE is an Ulster unionist politician.
Living in the Skegoniel area of Belfast,[1] Browne was elected to Belfast City Council for the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) at the 1993 elections.[2] He was then elected to the Northern Ireland Forum in Belfast North in 1996, but was unsuccessful when he stood for the same seat at the 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election.[3]
Browne continued to hold his council seat. He was appointed as High Sheriff of Belfast in 2005 and,[4] in 2008, he was elected as Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast.[5] At the 2011 local elections, the UUP were reduced to three seats on the council, but Browne again held his seat,[6] and was subsequently appointed as an alderman.[4] In 2012, he was appointed as a Belfast Harbour Commissioner.[7]
References
- ^ Susan McKay, Northern Protestants: An Unsettled People, p.64
- ^ "Belfast City Council Elections 1993-2011", Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ "North Belfast", Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ a b "ALDERMAN DAVID BROWNE", Belfast City Council
- ^ Victoria O'Hara, "Deal claims as SF man is new mayor", Belfast Telegraph, 3 June 2008
- ^ Lesley-Anne Henry, "Unionists discussing Belfast City Hall co-operation", Belfast Telegraph, 11 May 2011
- ^ "New members appointed to Belfast Harbour Commissioners", Department for Regional Development, 30 January 2012