Addie Morrow | |
Office: | Deputy leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
Leader: | John Cushnahan |
Term Start: | 1984 |
Term End: | 1987 |
Office1: | Member of Castlereagh Borough Council |
Constituency1: | Castlereagh East |
Term Start1: | 15 May 1985 |
Term End1: | 17 May 1989 |
Predecessor1: | District created |
Successor1: | William Boyd |
Constituency2: | Castlereagh Area B |
Term Start2: | 30 May 1973 |
Term End2: | 15 May 1985 |
Predecessor2: | Council established |
Successor2: | District abolished |
Office3: | Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Belfast East |
Term Start3: | 20 October 1982 |
Term End3: | 1986 |
Birth Date: | 17 July 1928 |
Birth Place: | County Down, Northern Ireland |
Death Date: | 30 March 2012 |
Death Place: | County Down, Northern Ireland |
Party: | Alliance Party |
Addie James Morrow (17 July 1928 in County Down, Northern Ireland – 30 March 2012 in County Down)[1] was a politician in Northern Ireland.
Born on a farm in County Down, Morrow was an early member of the ecumenical Corrymeela Community, later led by his brother John.[2] [3]
Morrow was an early member of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI), and was elected to Castlereagh Borough Council in 1973, holding his seat at each subsequent election,[4] until standing down in 1989.[5]
In 1982, Morrow was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly, representing Belfast East. At the 1983 general election, he stood unsuccessfully in Strangford, taking 15% of the vote.[6] In 1984, under John Cushnahan, Morrow became APNI's deputy leader.[7]
At the 1987 general election, Morrow increased his share of the vote in Strangford to 20%. For the 1992 general election, he switched to contest North Down, taking just under 15%. Morrow became APNI's chair, but stood down in 1993, citing disappointment at the failure of other parties to use the Brooke-Mayhew Talks to reach agreement.[8] Morrow later became APNI's president.[9] Morrow died on 30 March 2012 in his family home on the farm he was brought up in. He was 83 years old.[10]