Brenda Hale (Northern Ireland politician)
Brenda Hale OBE | |
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Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Lagan Valley | |
In office 2011–2017 | |
Preceded by | Paul Butler |
Personal details | |
Born | Bangor, Northern Ireland | 29 January 1968
Nationality | British |
Political party | Democratic Unionist Party |
Spouse(s) | Mark Hale (died 2009, KIA) |
Children | 2
Victoria Alexandra |
Brenda Hale, OBE, (born 29 January 1968) is a Democratic Unionist Party politician in Northern Ireland. She sat in the Northern Ireland Assembly as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Lagan Valley from 2011[1] until her narrow defeat at the 2017 Assembly election.
Hale's husband served with the British Army and was killed in Afghanistan in 2009. Hale then started to speak to the Ministry of Defence on behalf of other war widows.[2] As of August 2015, she is a Political Member of the Northern Ireland Policing Board.[3]
Her book, I Married A Soldier,[4] was published in 2017. It details Hale's family life with her husband and daughters leading to her entry into Northern Irish politics.
Hale was honoured in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours list and was appointed an OBE for political service.[5]
References[]
- ^ Lagan Valley, UTV
- ^ Sharon Ferguson, "Out with the old and in with the new at Stormont", BBC News, 9 May 2011
- ^ "The Board". Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ I Married A Soldier. ASIN 0745980112.
- ^ Birthday Honours lists 2018
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Democratic Unionist Party MLAs
- Female members of the Northern Ireland Assembly
- Northern Ireland MLAs 2011–2016
- Northern Ireland MLAs 2016–2017