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Andrew Muir (merchant)
Andrew Muir may refer to: * Andrew Muir (chess player), Scottish chess player *Andrew Muir (politician) Andrew Muir (born 9 July 1976) is a Northern Irish politician who is an Alliance Party Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for North Down. He was appointed as an MLA following incumbent Alliance MLA Stephen Farry's election as MP for No ..., member of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland See also * Andrew Muirhead, 15th-century bishop of Glasgow {{hndis, Muir, Andrew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Muir (chess Player)
Andrew Joseph Muir (born 17 October 1958) is a Scottish chess International Master (IM) (1990), Scottish Chess Championship winner (2007), Chess Olympiad individual gold medal winner (1998), International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (GMC, 1995). Biography Andrew Muir started seriously playing chess while studying at the University of Glasgow (1975–1979). He won the British Student Chess Championships in 1976 and was the best in Scottish Student Chess Championships in next year. Andrew Muir also won the International Chess Tournament ''Scottish Open'' in 1977, and in 1979 in Manchester won the International Chess Tournament ''Manchester Open''. He was winner of the Glasgow Open International Chess Tournaments ''Glasgow Open'' (1982, 1984, 1991, 1995, 2008). In 2007, Andrew Muir became the winner of the Scottish Chess Championship. In 1990, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title. Andrew Muir played for Scotland in the Chess Olympiads: * In 1984, at sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Muir (politician)
Andrew Muir (born 9 July 1976) is a Northern Irish politician who is an Alliance Party Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for North Down. He was appointed as an MLA following incumbent Alliance MLA Stephen Farry's election as MP for North Down in the 2019 UK general election, and elected in the constituency in the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election. Political career Council (2010-2019) Muir was co-opted onto North Down Borough Council in 2010, and was elected for the Hollywood DEA at the 2011 local elections. He was elected on the first count with 22.73% of FPVs, but he did not top the poll as newly elected MLA Gordon Dunne out-polled him by 90 votes. Muir became the first openly gay mayor in Northern Ireland when he became North Down Borough Council mayor from 2013 to 2014. Muir was re-elected at the 2014 local election for the Holywood and Clandeboye DEA, following the local government reform that merged Ards and North Down borough councils. He ran as one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |