Sammy Douglas

Sammy Douglas
High Sheriff of Belfast
In office
January 2024 – 14 January 2025
Preceded byJohn Kyle
Succeeded byFiona McAteer
Member of Belfast City Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
18 May 2023
Preceded byGeorge Dorrian
ConstituencyTitanic
In office
2 June 2022 – 18 May 2023
Preceded byDavid Brooks
Succeeded byDavy Douglas
ConstituencyLisnasharragh
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Belfast East
In office
5 May 2011 – 2 March 2017
Preceded byWallace Browne
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Personal details
Born (1953-02-22) 22 February 1953 (age 73)
Sandy Row, Belfast, Northern Ireland
PartyDemocratic Unionist Party

Sammy Douglas (born 22 February 1953) is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician and community worker who was the High Sheriff of Belfast from January 2024 to 2025, and a Belfast City Councillor for the Titanic DEA since 2023. Douglas was previously a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Belfast East from 2011 to 2017.

Career

Douglas was first elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly at the 2011 election, representing Belfast East. He retained his seat at the 2016 Assembly election. In January 2017, Douglas said that he would not be seeking re-election at the March 2017 Assembly election.

Douglas returned to front-line politics in June 2022, being co-opted onto Belfast City Council to replace Lisnasharragh representative David Brooks, following his election to the Assembly. He was re-elected at the 2023 local elections, this time for the Titanic District.

In January 2024, Douglas was appointed High Sheriff of Belfast.

References

  1. ↑ "Robinson rules out Westminster bid". Belfast Telegraph. 8 May 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  2. ↑ McKeown, Lesly-Anne. "Red-faced University of Ulster chiefs to dip into contingency fund". Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "BBC News - Election 2011 - Northern Ireland - East Belfast". BBC News. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "Sammy Douglas: DUP, East Belfast". Belfast Telegraph. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "Results Northern Ireland Assembly Election 2016". The Irish Times. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  6. ↑ McCormack, Jayne (24 January 2017). "DUP MLA Sammy Douglas tells assembly he's standing down from politics". Retrieved 24 January 2017 – via Twitter.
  7. ↑ "NI council elections: Sinn Fein hails historic council election gains". BBC News. 20 May 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  8. ↑ "Former DUP MLA Sammy Douglas co-opted as Belfast City councillor". Belfast Telegraph. 9 June 2022. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  9. ↑ "Titanic - Belfast City Council elections". Belfast City Council. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  10. ↑ "Titanic: Belfast result - Northern Ireland". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  11. ↑ "Belfast result - Northern Ireland Council elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  12. ↑ "Former DUP MLA becomes Belfast's latest High Sheriff". Irish News. 16 January 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  13. ↑ "High Sheriff - Belfast City Council". Belfast City Council. Retrieved 13 December 2024.