Joan Carson

Joan Carson
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Fermanagh & South Tyrone
In office
25 June 1998 – 26 November 2003
Preceded by New Creation
Succeeded by Arlene Foster
Personal details
Born Enniskillen
Political party Ulster Unionist Party

Joan Carson is a former Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.

Born in Enniskillen, Carson studied at Enniskillen Collegiate School and Stranmillis College before working as a teacher. In 1997 she was elected to Dungannon Borough Council for the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), and at the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1998, she was elected in Fermanagh and South Tyrone.[1]

Carson stood down from her council seat in 2001[2] and from her Assembly seat at the 2003 election.[3] She is currently a UUP party officer.[4]

References

  1. ^ Biography - Joan Carson, Northern Ireland Assembly
  2. ^ Dungannon Borough Council Elections 1993 - 2005, Northern Ireland Elections
  3. ^ Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Northern Ireland Elections
  4. ^ http://www.uup.org/people_officers.htm
Northern Ireland Assembly
Preceded by
New creation		 MLA for Fermanagh & South Tyrone
1998 - 2003		 Succeeded by
Arlene Foster