Pat Convery (politician)
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Patrick "Pat" Convery | |
|---|---|
| 55th Lord Mayor of Belfast | |
| In office June 2010 – 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Naomi Long |
| Succeeded by | Niall Ó Donnghaile |
| Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast | |
| In office 2005–2006 | |
| Preceded by | Joe O'Donnell |
| Succeeded by | Ruth Patterson |
| Councillor on Belfast City Council | |
| In office 2005–2006 | |
| Constituency | Castle Electoral Area |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Belfast |
| Political party | Independent (since 2017) SDLP (till 2017) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | Official profile, SDLP.ie |
Patrick Convery (born 1957), known as Pat Convery, is an Irish nationalist politician who sits as an independent Councillor on Belfast City Council.
Convery was elected Lord Mayor of Belfast on 1 June 2010, succeeding Naomi Long,[1] and served until his term ended in June 2011. He has represented the Castle area of North Belfast since being elected to Belfast City Council in June 2001.[2]
Convery was Vice-Chairperson of the SDLP, a Belfast Harbour Commissioner, a member of the North Belfast Partnership and a former Chairman of the Belfast District Policing Partnership. He served as Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast from 2005-06.[citation needed] He stood for the Northern Ireland Assembly in Belfast North in 2003 and 2007, narrowly missing election on both occasions.[citation needed]
He was suspended from the SDLP in early April 2017 due to defying the party whip and abstaining in a vote regarding abortion in Northern Ireland. In June 2017 he formally resigned and left the SDLP, along with two other Belfast SDLP councillors.[3]
Family
Convery is married with two daughters, and lives in Belfast.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "SDLP's Pat Convery replaces Naomi Long as Belfast mayor". BBC News. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ^ "Lord Mayor - Belfast City Council". Belfastcity.gov.uk. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ^ Breen, Suzanne (19 June 2017). "SDLP suffers new blow as City Hall trio quits party in abortion row". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 26 June 2017.