Kieran McCarthy

Kieran McCarthy
MLA
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Strangford
Incumbent
Assumed office
25 June 1998
Preceded by New Creation
Personal details
Born 9 September 1942
Kircubbin, Northern Ireland
Political party Alliance
Religion Roman Catholicism
Website

Kieran McCarthy (born 9 September 1942) is 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

  1. ↑ Staff Reporter (7 September 2007). "Minister's remarks about gays 'are still deeply offensive'". The News Letter. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
  2. ↑ 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 - 		Succeeded by
Incumbent