Malachi Curran
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Malachi Curran is a politician in Northern Ireland.
Curran was elected to Down District Council in 1993 for the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP).[1] He resigned from the SDLP to stand as a Labour Coalition candidate for the Northern Ireland Forum in 1996. Although the group did not win any constituency seats, it was awarded two top-up seats, which went to Hugh Casey and Curran.
Shortly after the elections to the Forum, the Coalition dissolved. Curran was recognised as leader of the Labour group in the Forum.[2] With seven other leaders of Forum groupings who were signatories to the Good Friday Agreement, he won a Harriman Democracy Prize in 1998.[3]
Curran then formed the Labour Party of Northern Ireland. Under this label, he failed to take a seat standing in South Down at the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1998, winning only 1% of the first preference votes.[4]
Curran stood as an independent at the 2003 elections to the Assembly, but saw his vote drop to 0.4%.[5] At the 2007 election, he placed bottom in South Down, taking just 123 votes.[6]
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Mark Langhammer |
Leader of the Labour Coalition 1996 - 1998 |
Succeeded by Position abolished |
| Preceded by New position |
Leader of the Labour Party of Northern Ireland 1998 - present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
