Gordon Mawhinney | |
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Deputy leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | |
In office 1987–1991 | |
Leader | John Alderdice |
Preceded by | Addie Morrow |
Succeeded by | Seamus Close |
Member of Newtownabbey Borough Council | |
In office 19 May 1993 –21 May 1997 | |
Preceded by | District created |
Succeeded by | Lynn Frazer |
Constituency | University |
In office 17 May 1989 –19 May 1993 | |
Preceded by | Edward Cassells |
Succeeded by | District abolished |
Constituency | Manse Road |
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for South Antrim | |
In office 20 October 1982 –1986 | |
Preceded by | Assembly re-established |
Succeeded by | Assembly dissolved |
Personal details | |
Born | 4 January 1943 Antrim,Northern Ireland |
Political party | Alliance Party |
Gordon Hugh Mawhinney (born 4 January 1943) is a Northern Irish former politician.
Mawhinney married Maureen Gribben (born 5 January 1943) on 4 April 1967. [1] In 1981,Mawhinney stood for the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland in Newtownabbey District "C",but was not elected. [2] He was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly,1982,in South Antrim. [3] He stood in the equivalent Westminster constituency at the 1983 general election,receiving 11.9% of the votes cast,and increased his share to 16.0% at the 1987 general election,in which he took second place. [4]
In 1987,Mawhinney was elected as Deputy Leader of the Alliance Party, [1] a position which he held until he resigned in 1991,claiming "health and business reasons". [5] In 1989,he finally won a seat on Newtownabbey Borough Council,in Manse Road [6] In 1993,he won a seat in the successor district of University,but he did not restand in 1997. [7]