David Browne (politician)

David Browne
MBE
Member of
Belfast City Council
Assumed office
19 May 1993
Preceded by Frank Millar
Constituency Castle
Personal details
Born Belfast, Northern Ireland
Nationality British
Political party Ulster Unionist Party

David Browne MBE is an Ulster unionist politician.

Living in the Skegoniel area of Belfast,[1] Browne was elected to Belfast City Council for the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) at the 1993 elections.[2] He was then elected to the Northern Ireland Forum in Belfast North in 1996, but was unsuccessful when he stood for the same seat at the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1998.[3]

Browne continued to hold his council seat. He was appointed as High Sheriff of Belfast in 2005 and,[4] in 2008, he was elected as Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast.[5] At the 2011 local elections, the UUP were reduced to three seats on the council, but Browne again held his seat,[6] and was subsequently appointed as an alderman.[4] In 2012, he was appointed as a Belfast Harbour Commissioner.[7]

References

  1. Susan McKay, Northern Protestants: An Unsettled People, p.64
  2. "Belfast City Council Elections 1993-2011", Northern Ireland Elections
  3. "North Belfast", Northern Ireland Elections
  4. 1 2 "ALDERMAN DAVID BROWNE", Belfast City Council
  5. Victoria O'Hara, "Deal claims as SF man is new mayor", Belfast Telegraph, 3 June 2008
  6. Lesley-Anne Henry, "Unionists discussing Belfast City Hall co-operation", Belfast Telegraph, 11 May 2011
  7. "New members appointed to Belfast Harbour Commissioners", Department for Regional Development, 30 January 2012
Civic offices
Preceded by
Ruth Patterson
High Sheriff of Belfast
2005
Succeeded by
William Humphrey
Preceded by
Bernie Kelly
Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast
20082009
Succeeded by
Danny Lavery
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