Gordon Dunne | |
Office3: | Member of North Down Borough Council |
Constituency3: | Holywood |
Term Start3: | 21 May 1997 |
Term End3: | 22 May 2014 |
Predecessor3: | James White |
Successor3: | Council abolished |
Constituency4: | Holywood |
Term Start4: | 15 May 1985 |
Term End4: | 19 May 1993 |
Predecessor4: | District created |
Successor4: | James White |
Constituency5: | North Down Area D |
Term Start5: | 20 May 1981 |
Term End5: | 15 May 1985 |
Predecessor5: | Frederick White |
Successor5: | District abolished |
Office2: | Member of the Legislative Assembly for North Down |
Assembly2: | Northern Ireland |
Term Start2: | 5 May 2011 |
Term End2: | 9 June 2021[1] |
Predecessor2: | Alan McFarland |
Successor2: | Stephen Dunne |
Birth Date: | 4 April 1959 |
Birth Place: | Northern Ireland |
Nationality: | British |
Party: | Democratic Unionist |
Gordon Dunne (4 April 1959 – 20 June 2021) was a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician who was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for North Down from 2011 until June 2021.[2]
Born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh,[3] Dunne was first elected to North Down Borough Council in the 1981 local elections representing the Holywood area.[4] He was re-elected in 1985 and 1989.[5] He lost his seat in the 1993 local elections but regained it in 1997 and sat on the council since then.[6] He resigned from the assembly effective 9 June 2021 for health reasons, and his son Stephen was subsequently co-opted to the role.[7]
On 20 June 2021, eleven days after his resignation, Dunne died of cancer, aged 62.[8] [9] [10]