Joan Carson
Joan Carson | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly for Fermanagh & South Tyrone | |
In office 25 June 1998 – 26 November 2003 | |
Preceded by | Constituency created |
Succeeded by | Arlene Foster |
Personal details | |
Born | Enniskillen, Northern Ireland | 29 January 1935
Nationality | British |
Political party | Ulster Unionist Party |
Residence(s) | Enniskillen |
Alma mater | Stranmillis University College |
Profession | Teacher |
Joan Carson (born 29 January 1935) is a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.
Born in Enniskillen, Carson studied at and Stranmillis College before working as a teacher. In 1997 she was elected to Dungannon Borough Council for the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), and at the 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election, she was elected in Fermanagh and South Tyrone.[1] In 1996 he was an unsuccessful candidate in the Northern Ireland Forum election in Fermanagh and South Tyrone.[2]
Carson stood down from her council seat in 2001[3] and from her Assembly seat at the 2003 election.[4] She is currently a UUP party officer.[5]
References[]
- ^ Biography – Joan Carson Archived 26 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine, Northern Ireland Assembly
- ^ Northern Ireland elections
- ^ Dungannon Borough Council Elections 1993 – 2005, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 May 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2008.
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Categories:
- 1935 births
- Living people
- Northern Ireland MLAs 1998–2003
- Ulster Unionist Party MLAs
- Female members of the Northern Ireland Assembly
- People from Enniskillen
- Politicians from County Fermanagh
- Alumni of Queen's University Belfast
- Alumni of Stranmillis University College
- Schoolteachers from Northern Ireland
- 20th-century women politicians from Northern Ireland