Catherine Nelson

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Catherine Nelson
Catherine Seeley 2015.jpg
Nelson in 2015
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Upper Bann
In office
May 2016 – January 2017
Preceded byDolores Kelly
Succeeded byDolores Kelly
Personal details
Born (1987-11-26) 26 November 1987 (age 34)
Lurgan, Northern Ireland
NationalityIrish
Political partySinn Féin
Alma materQueen's University Belfast
ProfessionTeacher

Catherine Nelson (born Catherine Seeley, 26 November 1987)[1] is a Sinn Féin politician from Northern Ireland. She was an MLA for Upper Bann from the 2016 election until 2017.[2]

Previously a schoolteacher at the non-denominational Belfast Boys' Model School, she resigned after allegedly enduring a campaign of harassment, which began after she was co-opted as a Sinn Féin councillor on Craigavon Borough Council in 2014. The Protestant Coalition opposed her employment at the school over her affiliation with Sinn Féin.[3]

On 16 January 2017, it was announced she would not seeking re-election at the 2017 assembly election and would return to work as a schoolteacher.[4]

In 2018, she was co-opted as a councillor onto Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Hughes, Brendan (19 June 2018). "Ex-Sinn Féin MLA Catherine Nelson appointed as councillor for Lurgan". The Irish News. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  2. ^ "SF's Catherine Seeley and John O'Dowd win seats but Dolores Kelly is ousted". banbridgeleader.co.uk. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Catherine Seeley thanks Boys' Model pupils for support", BBC News, 8 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Sinn Féin's Catherine Seeley will not stand in next Assembly election" ITV News. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
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2016–2017 		Succeeded by
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