Kieran McCarthy

Kieran McCarthy


Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Strangford
In office 25 June 1998 – 30 March 2016
Preceded by	New Creation
Succeeded by	Kellie Armstrong
Personal details
Born	(1942-09-09) 9 September 1942 Kircubbin, Northern Ireland
Political party	Alliance
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Website

Kieran McCarthy (born 9 September 1942) was a Northern Ireland politician and member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Strangford for the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI). He served as Assembly chief whip for APNI in the Assembly.^[1]

McCarthy was born in Newtownards and worked as a draper. In 1985 he was first elected to Ards Borough Council. In 1990 he became a Justice of the Peace. He was then elected to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum in 1996 from Strangford and has subsequently won a Northern Ireland Assembly seat there in all three elections to that body. In the 2007 elections his seat was targeted by the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP),^[2] but he won easily with a significantly increased vote.

He has stated his appreciation for the Good Friday Agreement on a number of occasions, but believes a more party-aligned/devolved agreement would work more effectively.

McCarthy has stated his strong dislike for Direct Rule, causing a major democratic deficit, and in particular was against the supposedly aggressive style of governing from the then Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Peter Hain.

References

↑ Staff Reporter (7 September 2007). "Minister's remarks about gays 'are still deeply offensive'". The News Letter. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
↑ http://votesdlp.blogspot.com/2007/02/tribune-identifies-key-targets-for-sdlp.html

External links

www.allianceparty.org Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Assembly
Preceded by New creation	MLA for Strangford 1998 - 2016	Succeeded by Incumbent Kellie Armstrong

Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

Leadership

Leaders	Oliver Napier & Bob Cooper (1970–1972) Phelim O'Neill (1972, acting) Oliver Napier (1973–1984) John Cushnahan (1984–1987) John Alderdice (1987–1998) Séan Neeson (1998–2001) David Ford (2001–2016) Naomi Long (2016–present)

Deputy Leaders	Bob Cooper (1974–1976) Basil Glass (1976–1980) David Cook (1980–1984) Addie Morrow (1984–1987) Gordon Mawhinney (1987–1991) Seamus Close (1991–2001) Eileen Bell (2001–2006) Naomi Long (2006–2016) Vacant

General Secretaries	Grace Wilson (1970–1972) Bob Cooper (1972–1974) John Cushnahan (1974–1982) Eileen Bell (1986–1990) David Ford (1990–1998) Richard Good (1998–2000) Stephen Farry (2000–2007) Stephen Douglas (2010–2011) Sharon Lowry (2011-present)

Elected representatives

Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly	Naomi Long Stewart Dickson Stephen Farry David Ford Paula Bradshaw Trevor Lunn Chris Lyttle Kellie Armstrong

History

History and related organisations	New Ulster Movement Ulster Liberal Party Northern Ireland Peace Process Northern Ireland Liberal Democrats Alliance Youth

Other topics	Election results

Alliances

European	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group

International	Liberal International

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/5/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.