Cathy Mason | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MLA |
Constituency Am2: | South Down |
Assembly2: | Northern Ireland |
Term Start2: | 5 May 2022 |
Predecessor2: | Emma Rogan |
Office3: | Member of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council |
Constituency3: | Slieve Croob |
Term Start3: | 2 May 2019 |
Term End3: | 5 May 2022 |
Predecessor3: | John Rice |
Successor3: | Jim Brennan |
Birth Place: | Drumaness, Northern Ireland |
Nationality: | Irish |
Party: | Sinn Féin |
Residence: | Loughinisland |
Cathy Mason is a Sinn Féin politician who was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly from South Down in the 2022 election.[1]
In the 2019 Northern Ireland local elections, Mason was elected to the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council as a Councillor of the district electoral area (DEA) of Slieve Croob, winning 1,069 first preference votes and being elected on the fifth count. [2] Mason became Chairperson of the Council on 1st June 2021.[3]
Mason was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly from South Down in the 2022 election, receiving 9,963 first preference votes and being elected on the first count. [4]