Lord Mayor of Belfast
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The Lord Mayor of Belfast is a ceremonial position held by a member of Belfast City Council. They are elected annually by the council.
The post originated in 1613 as the Sovereign of Belfast. In 1842, this position was restyled the Mayor of Belfast, and in 1892, it was given Lord Mayor status. In 1929, it became one of only six cities in the United Kingdom to have a Lord Mayor styled "the Right Honorable". The position was held for three years until 1973. From 1921 until 1972, the Lord Mayor was automatically entitled to a seat in the Senate of Northern Ireland.
Given the nature of politics in Northern Ireland, the candidate for this position and their political orientation are often a cause of controversy.[1] The first non-Unionist Lord Mayor was David Cook in 1978; while no nationalist was elected to the post until Alban McGuinness in 1997.
[edit] List of Lord Mayors of Belfast
- 1892 - 93: Daniel Dixon
- 1894 - 96: William McCammond
- 1896 - 98: William James Pirrie
- 1898 - 99: James Henderson
- 1899 - 00: Otto Jaffe
- 1900 - 01: R. J. McConnell
- 1901 - 04: Sir Daniel Dixon
- 1904 - 05: Otto Jaffe
- 1905 - 07: Sir Daniel Dixon
- 1907 - 08: Anthony Ashley-Cooper
- 1908 - 10: Robert Anderson
- 1910 - 14: James McMordie
- 1914 - 17: Crawford McCullough
- 1917 - 19: James Johnston
- 1919 - 20: John C. White
- 1920 - 23: William Frederick Coates
- 1923 - 29: William George Turner
- 1929 - 31: William Frederick Coates
- 1931 - 42: Crawford McCullagh
- 1942: George Ruddell Black
- 1943 - 46: Crawford McCullagh
- 1946 - 49: William Frederick Neill
- 1949 - 51: William Ernest George Johnston
- 1951 - 53: James Henry Norritt
- 1953 - 55: Perceval Brown
- 1955 - 57: Robert John Rolston Harcourt
- 1957 - 59: Cecil McKee
- 1959 - 61: Robert Kinahan, Ulster Unionist Party
- 1961 - 63: Martin Kelso Wallace
- 1963 - 66: William Jenkins
- 1966 - 69: William Duncan Geddis
- 1969 - 72: Joseph Foster Cairns
- 1972 - 75: William Christie
- 1975 - 77: Myles Humphreys, Ulster Unionist Party
- 1977 - 78: James Stewart
- 1978 - 79: David Cook, Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
- 1979 - 80: Billy Bell, Ulster Unionist Party
- 1980 - 81: John Carson, Ulster Unionist Party
- 1981 - 82: Grace Bannister, Ulster Unionist Party
- 1982 - 83: Thomas Patton, Ulster Unionist Party
- 1983 - 84: A. H. Ferguson, Ulster Unionist Party
- 1984 - 85: A. H. Ferguson, Ulster Unionist Party
- 1985 - 86: John Carson, Ulster Unionist Party
- 1986 - 87: Sammy Wilson, Democratic Unionist Party
- 1987 - 88: John J. D. Gilmore, Ulster Unionist Party
- 1988 - 89: Nigel Dodds, Democratic Unionist Party
- 1989 - 90: Reg Empey, Ulster Unionist Party
- 1990 - 91: Fred Cobain, Ulster Unionist Party
- 1991 - 92: Nigel Dodds, Democratic Unionist Party
- 1992 - 93: Herbert Ditty, Ulster Unionist Party
- 1993 - 94: Reg Empey, Ulster Unionist Party
- 1994 - 95: Hugh Smyth, Progressive Unionist Party
- 1995 - 96: Eric Smyth, Democratic Unionist Party
- 1996 - 97: Ian Adamson, Ulster Unionist Party
- 1997 - 98: Alban Maginness, Social Democratic and Labour Party
- 1998 - 99: David Alderdice, Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
- 1999 - 00: Bob Stoker, Ulster Unionist Party
- 2000 - 01: Sammy Wilson, Democratic Unionist Party
- 2001 - 02: Jim Rodgers, Ulster Unionist Party
- 2002 - 03: Alex Maskey, Sinn Féin
- 2003 - 04: Martin Morgan, Social Democratic and Labour Party
- 2004 - 05: Tom Ekin, Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
- 2005 - 06: Wallace Browne, Democratic Unionist Party
- 2006 - 07: Patrick McCarthy, Social Democratic and Labour Party
