Gordon Mawhinney

Gordon Hugh Mawhinney (born 4 January 1943) is a Northern Irish former politician.

Gordon Mawhinney
Deputy leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
In office 1987–1991
Leader	John Alderdice
Preceded by	Addie Morrow
Succeeded by	Seamus Close
Member of Newtownabbey Borough Council
In office 19 May 1993 – 21 May 1997
Preceded by	District created
Succeeded by	Lynn Frazer
Constituency	University
In office 17 May 1989 – 19 May 1993
Preceded by	Edward Cassells
Succeeded by	District abolished
Constituency	Manse Road
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for South Antrim
In office 20 October 1982 – 1986
Preceded by	Assembly re-established
Succeeded by	Assembly dissolved
Personal details
Born	4 January 1943 Antrim, Northern Ireland
Political party	Alliance Party

Biography

Mawhinney married Maureen Gribben (born 5 January 1943) on 4 April 1967.^[1] In 1981, Mawhinney stood for the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland in Newtownabbey District "C", but was not elected.^[2] He was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1982, in South Antrim.^[3] He stood in the equivalent Westminster constituency at the 1983 general election, receiving 11.9% of the votes cast, and increased his share to 16.0% at the 1987 general election, in which he took second place.^[4]

In 1987, Mawhinney was elected as Deputy Leader of the Alliance Party,^[1] a position which he held until he resigned in 1991, claiming "health and business reasons".^[5] In 1989, he finally won a seat on Newtownabbey Borough Council, in Manse Road^[6] In 1993, he won a seat in the successor district of University, but he did not restand in 1997.^[7]

References

1. Who's who in European Politics (1982, p. 406)
2. The Local Government Elections 1973–1981: Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland Elections
3. South Antrim 1973–82, Northern Ireland Elections
4. South Antrim 1983–1992, Northern Ireland Elections
5. Sydney Elliott and William D. Flackes, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory, 1968–1999
6. Local Government Elections 1985 – 1989: Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland Elections
7. Newtownabbey Borough Council Elections 1993–2005, Northern Ireland Elections

Northern Ireland Assembly (1982)
New assembly	MPA for South Antrim 1982–1986	Assembly abolished
Party political offices
Preceded by Addie Morrow	Deputy Leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 1987–91	Succeeded by Seamus Close