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Sammy Douglas is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician, serving as the High Sheriff of Belfast since 2024, and a Belfast City Councillor for the Titanic DEA since 2023. Douglas was previously a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Belfast East from 2011 to 2017.[1][2]
Sammy Douglas | |
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High Sheriff of Belfast | |
Assumed office January 2024 | |
Preceded by | John Kyle |
Member of Belfast City Council | |
Assumed office 18 May 2023 | |
Preceded by | George Dorrian |
Constituency | Titanic |
In office 2 June 2022 – 18 May 2023 | |
Preceded by | David Brooks |
Succeeded by | Davy Douglas |
Constituency | Lisnasharragh |
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Belfast East | |
In office 5 May 2011 – 2 March 2017 | |
Preceded by | Wallace Browne |
Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Belfast, Northern Ireland | 22 February 1953
Nationality | British |
Political party | Democratic Unionist Party |
Douglas was first elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in the 2011 election, and was re-elected in 2016, representing Belfast East. He did not seek re-election at the 2017 Assembly election.[3]
In June 2022, Douglas was co-opted to Belfast City Council to replace Lisnasharragh representative David Brooks, following the latter’s election to the Assembly in the Assembly election that year.[4] He was returned to the council in the 2023 local elections, this time for the Titanic District.
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