Sammy Douglas
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Sammy Douglas | |
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| High Sheriff of Belfast | |
| Assumed office January 2024 | |
| Preceded by | John Kyle |
| Member ofBelfast City Council | |
| Assumed office 18 May 2023 | |
| Preceded by | George Dorrian |
| Constituency | Titanic |
| In office 2 June 2022 – 18 May 2023 | |
| Preceded by | David Brooks |
| Succeeded by | Davy Douglas |
| Constituency | Lisnasharragh |
| Member of theNorthern Ireland Assembly forBelfast East | |
| In office 5 May 2011 – 2 March 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Wallace Browne |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 February 1953 Belfast,Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Democratic Unionist Party |
Sammy Douglasis aDemocratic Unionist Party(DUP) politician, serving as theHigh Sheriff of Belfastsince 2024, and aBelfast City Councillorfor theTitanic DEAsince2023.Douglas was previously aMember of the Northern Ireland Assembly(MLA) forBelfast Eastfrom2011to2017.[1][2]
Career[edit]
Douglas was first elected to theNorthern Ireland Assemblyin the 2011 election, and was re-elected in2016,representing Belfast East. He did not seek re-election at the2017 Assembly election.[3]
In June 2022, Douglas was co-opted to Belfast City Council to replaceLisnasharraghrepresentativeDavid Brooks,following the latter’s election to the Assembly in theAssembly election that year.[4]He was returned to the council in the2023 local elections,this time for the Titanic District.
References[edit]
- ^"Robinson rules out Westminster bid".Belfast Telegraph.8 May 2011.Retrieved9 May2011.
- ^McKeown, Lesly-Anne."Red-faced University of Ulster chiefs to dip into contingency fund".Retrieved23 August2012.
- ^McCormack, Jayne (24 January 2017)."DUP MLA Sammy Douglas tells assembly he's standing down from politics".Twitter.Retrieved24 January2017.
- ^"Former DUP MLA Sammy Douglas co-opted as Belfast City councillor".BelfastTelegraph.co.uk.9 June 2022.ISSN0307-1235.Retrieved3 January2024.
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