Annie Armstrong | |
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Northern Ireland Forum Member | |
In office 30 May 1996 –25 April 1998 | |
Preceded by | New forum |
Succeeded by | Forum dissolved |
Constituency | Belfast West |
Lisburn City Councillor | |
In office 19 May 1993 –21 May 1997 | |
Preceded by | William Beattie |
Succeeded by | Ita Gray |
Constituency | Dunmurry Cross |
Personal details | |
Born | Lower Springfield,Belfast,Northern Ireland |
Nationality | Irish |
Political party | Sinn Féin |
Education | St Rose's Dominican College |
Occupation | Politician,community worker |
Annie Armstrong is a former Irish republican politician.
Armstrong grew up on the Lower Springfield Road in West Belfast,and went to St Rose's Dominican College in Beechmount. She left school at fifteen. [1]
After marrying,Armstrong moved to Twinbrook suburb of Belfast in 1974 and became a community worker in 1981. [1] [2] At the 1993 Northern Ireland local elections,she was elected for Sinn Féin to represent Dunmurry Cross on Lisburn City Council. [3] [1] In July 1993,Armstrong's home came under attack from loyalist paramilitaries in an attempt to kill her. [1] [4] [5]
At the Northern Ireland Forum election in 1996,Armstrong was placed fourth on the Sinn Féin list for West Belfast,but was elected in their best result in Northern Ireland. [6] She did not defend her council seat in 1997, [3] and did not stand for the Northern Ireland Assembly in 1998. [6]
Outside politics,Armstrong established the Colin Community Forum,Colin Community Restorative Justice,Colin Health for All and Cumann na Fuiseoige GAA. She became a Director of Lisburn Strategic Partnership and the Colin Neighbourhood Initiative,and works as a Community Safety Project Worker with the Northern Ireland Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders. In 2008,she was appointed as an independent member of the District Policing Partnership.
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