Pottinger was one of the nine district electoral areas (DEA) in

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, Northern Ireland from 1985 to 2014. Located in the east of the city, the district elected six members to

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and contained the wards of

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, Bloomfield, Orangefield, Ravenhill, The Mount, and Woodstock. The name ''Pottinger'' is derived from Thomas Pottinger who was the first mayor of Belfast to be elected in the grant of a corporate charter to that town, in 1661. The wards of Ravenhill and Woodstock were part of the Belfast South constituencies for the

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and

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, while the other four were part of the Belfast East

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and

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constituencies. The district was bounded to the west by the

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and the

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, to the north by the Newtownards Road, to the east by Greenville Park and North Road and the Borough of Castlereagh to the south. At the 2001 census the district had a Protestant majority, however there was also a large Catholic minority, particularly in areas such as the

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, which is separated from the mainly unionist

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by one of the many

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in the district.

History

The DEA was created for the 1985 local elections, when it largely replaced the former electoral Area A. Five of the six wards came from Area A with the Bloomfield ward added from Area B. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections, when all of its wards except Orangefield formed part of a new Titanic district electoral area. The Orangefield ward became part of a new Lisnasharragh district electoral area.

Amenities

Amenities in the Pottinger district electoral area include: * Ormeau Golf Club *

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, home of the

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team

Wards

Councillors

2011 elections

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