Cathy Mason Explained

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]

Political career

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]

Notes and References

  1. News: South Down result - Northern Ireland Assembly Elections 2022 . en-GB . BBC News . 2022-05-06.
  2. Web site: 2019-02-05 . Council Elections - District Electoral Area of Slieve Croob . The Electoral Office for Northern Ireland.
  3. Web site: New Council Chairperson Appointed at 2021 AGM .
  4. News: Constituency profile: South Down . en-GB . belfasttelegraph . 2022-05-06 . 0307-1235.