Catherine Nelson (born Catherine Seeley, 26 November 1987) is a

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politician from

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. She was an MLA for Upper Bann from the 2016 election until 2017. Previously a schoolteacher at the non-denominational

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, she resigned after allegedly enduring a campaign of harassment, which began after she was co-opted as a

councillor on

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in 2014. The

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opposed her employment at the school over her affiliation with

. 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."Sinn Féin's Catherine Seeley will not stand in next Assembly election"
ITV News. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017. In 2018, she was co-opted as a councillor onto

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nelson, Catherine 1987 births Living people Sinn Féin MLAs Northern Ireland MLAs 2016–2017 Alumni of Queen's University Belfast People from Lurgan Members of Craigavon Borough Council Female members of the Northern Ireland Assembly Schoolteachers from Northern Ireland Sinn Féin councillors in Northern Ireland Sinn Féin parliamentary candidates Women councillors in Northern Ireland