Sammy Douglas
Sammy Douglas | |
|---|---|
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| High Sheriff of Belfast | |
| Assumed office January 2024 | |
| Preceded by | John Kyle |
| Member of Belfast City Council | |
| Assumed office 18 May 2023 | |
| Preceded by | George Dorrian |
| Constituency | Titanic |
| In office 2 June 2022 – 18 May 2023 | |
| Preceded by | David Brooks |
| Succeeded by | Davy Douglas |
| Constituency | Lisnasharragh |
| Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Belfast East | |
| In office 5 May 2011 – 2 March 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Wallace Browne |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 February 1953 Sandy Row, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Democratic Unionist Party |
Sammy Douglas is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician and community worker, serving as the High Sheriff of Belfast since 2024, and a Belfast City Councillor for the Titanic DEA since 2023. Douglas was previously a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Belfast East from 2011 to 2017.[1][2]
Career
Douglas was first elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly at the 2011 election, representing Belfast East.[3][4] He retained his seat at the 2016 Assembly election.[5] In January 2017, Douglas said that he would not be seeking re-election at the March 2017 Assembly election.[6]
Douglas returned to front-line politics in June 2022, being co-opted onto Belfast City Council to replace Lisnasharragh representative David Brooks, following his election to the Assembly.[7] [8]He was re-elected at the 2023 local elections, this time for the Titanic District.[9][10][11]
In January 2024, Douglas was appointed High Sheriff of Belfast.[12][13]
References
- ^ "Robinson rules out Westminster bid". Belfast Telegraph. 8 May 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
- ^ McKeown, Lesly-Anne. "Red-faced University of Ulster chiefs to dip into contingency fund". Retrieved 23 August 2012.
- ^ "BBC News - Election 2011 - Northern Ireland - East Belfast". BBC News. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- ^ "Sammy Douglas: DUP, East Belfast". Belfast Telegraph. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- ^ "Results Northern Ireland Assembly Election 2016". Irish Times. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- ^ McCormack, Jayne (24 January 2017). "DUP MLA Sammy Douglas tells assembly he's standing down from politics". Twitter. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- ^ "NI council elections: Sinn Fein hails historic council election gains". BBC News. 20 May 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- ^ "Former DUP MLA Sammy Douglas co-opted as Belfast City councillor". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. 9 June 2022. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ "Titanic - Belfast City Council elections". Belfast City Council. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- ^ "Titanic: Belfast result - Northern Ireland". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- ^ "Belfast result - Northern Ireland Council elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- ^ "Former DUP MLA becomes Belfast's latest High Sheriff". Irish News. 16 January 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- ^ "High Sheriff - Belfast City Council". Belfast City Council. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
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