Gordon Dunne

Gordon Dunne
MBE
Member of the Legislative Assembly
for North Down
In office
5 May 2011 – 9 June 2021
Preceded byAlan McFarland
Succeeded byStephen Dunne
Member of North Down Borough Council
In office
21 May 1997 – 22 May 2014
Preceded byJames White
Succeeded byCouncil abolished
ConstituencyHolywood
In office
15 May 1985 – 19 May 1993
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded byJames White
ConstituencyHolywood
In office
20 May 1981 – 15 May 1985
Preceded byFrederick White
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
ConstituencyNorth Down Area D
Personal details
Born(1959-04-04)4 April 1959
Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Died20 June 2021(2021-06-20) (aged 62)
PartyDemocratic Unionist

Gordon Dunne MBE (4 April 1959 – 20 June 2021) was a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician who was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for North Down from 2011 until June 2021.

Biography

Born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Dunne was first elected to North Down Borough Council in the 1981 local elections representing the Holywood area. He was re-elected in 1985 and 1989. He lost his seat in the 1993 local elections but regained it in 1997 and sat on the council since then. He resigned from the assembly effective 9 June 2021 for health reasons, and his son Stephen was subsequently co-opted to the role.

On 20 June 2021, eleven days after his resignation, Dunne died of cancer, aged 62.

References

  1. 1 2 McCormack, Jayne (9 June 2021). "DUP MLA Gordon Dunne steps down due to serious illness". BBC News. BBC.
  2. ↑ NI Assembly elections, BelfastTelegraph.co.uk; accessed 3 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "DUP's Gordon Dunne: 'I found it hard to work with Sinn Fein, yet we were able to do that'". Belfasttelegraph. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  4. ↑ North Down results 1973-1981, Ark.ac.uk; accessed 11 May 2011
  5. ↑ North Down results 1985-1989, Ark.ac.uk; accessed 3 March 2017.
  6. ↑ North Down results 1993-2011, Ark.ac.uk; accessed 3 March 2017.
  7. ↑ Preston, Allan (16 June 2021). "DUP MLA Gordon Dunne's son to take over his seat at Stormont Assembly". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  8. ↑ Preston, Allan (20 June 2021). "Tributes paid as veteran DUP MLA Gordon Dunne dies". The Belfast Telegraph.
  9. ↑ Corr, Shauna (20 June 2021). "DUP's Gordon Dunne dies 11 days after resigning as MLA because of illness". Belfast Live.
  10. ↑ "DUP Leader pays tribute to Gordon Dunne". Democratic Unionist Party. 20 June 2021. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.