Annie Courtney is an Irish former

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(SDLP) politician who was a

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(MLA) for Foyle from 2000 to 2003.

Career

Courtney became a

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in Derry. Courtney joined the

(SDLP), was elected to

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in 1985, and served as

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in 1993. Courtney retired from nursing in 1997. When SDLP leader

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resigned from the Northern Ireland Assembly, effective from December 2000, Courtney was co-opted as his replacement, representing Foyle. Courtney was keen to contest the

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for the party, but did not gain the SDLP's nomination. As a result, she resigned from the party in April 2003 and instead sat as an

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. Courtney stood as an independent in the election, but took only 802 votes and was not elected.Foyle 2003
, Northern Ireland Elections

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Courtney, Annie Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Living people Social Democratic and Labour Party MLAs Northern Ireland MLAs 1998–2003 Independent politicians in Northern Ireland Female members of the Northern Ireland Assembly Women mayors of places in Northern Ireland Politicians from Derry (city) Mayors of Derry 20th-century women politicians from Northern Ireland