Gordon Dunne (4 April 1959 – 20 June 2021) was a
Unionist politician from
Northern Ireland
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representing the
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
Dunne was a member of the
Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) from 2011 to 2021, representing
North Down.
Born in
Enniskillen
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,
County Fermanagh
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, Dunne was first elected to
North Down Borough Council
North Down Borough Council was a Local Council in County Down in Northern Ireland. It merged with Ards Borough Council in May 2015 under local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland to become North Down and Ards District Council.
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in the
1981 local elections representing the Holywood area. He was re-elected in
1985
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and
1989
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. He lost his seat in the
1993 local elections but regained it in
1997
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and sat on the council since then. He resigned from the assembly effective 9 June 2021 due to health reasons, and his son
Stephen
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was subsequently co-opted to the role.
On 20 June 2021, eleven days after his resignation, Dunne died of cancer, aged 62.
References
External links
Official website
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1959 births
2021 deaths
Democratic Unionist Party MLAs
Northern Ireland MLAs 2011–2016
Northern Ireland MLAs 2016–2017
Northern Ireland MLAs 2017–2022
Members of North Down Borough Council
Deaths from cancer