Cathy Mason
MLA
Cathy Mason at the 2021 Sinn Féin
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for South Down
Assumed office
5 May 2022
Preceded byEmma Rogan
Personal details
BornDrumaness
Political partySinn Féin

Cathy Mason is a Sinn Féin politician who was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly from South Down in the 2022 election.[1]

Political career

In the 2019 Northern Ireland local elections, Mason was elected to the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council as a Councillor of the district electoral area (DEA) of Slieve Croob, winning 1,069 first preference votes and being elected on the fifth count. [2] Mason became Chairperson of the Council on 1st June 2021.[3]

Mason was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly from South Down in the 2022 election, receiving 9,963 first preference votes and being elected on the first count. [4]

References

  1. ^ "South Down result - Northern Ireland Assembly Elections 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
  2. ^ "Council Elections - District Electoral Area of Slieve Croob". The Electoral Office for Northern Ireland. 2019-02-05.
  3. ^ "New Council Chairperson Appointed at 2021 AGM".
  4. ^ "Constituency profile: South Down". belfasttelegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2022-05-06.


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