Helen Quigley Explained

Helen Quigley
Office:Leader of the SDLP on Derry City Council
Leader:Mark Durkan
Term Start:2005
Term End:3 November 2010
Office2:Member of Derry City Council
Constituency2:Northland
Term Start2:7 June 2001
Term End2:5 May 2011
Predecessor2:John Tierney
Successor2:John Tierney
Office1:Mayor of Derry
Term Start1:2006
Term End1:2007
Predecessor1:Lynn Fleming
Successor1:Drew Thompson
Party:Social Democratic and Labour Party
Birth Place:Derry, Northern Ireland
Awards:Freedom of the City of London (2007)

Helen Quigley is a former Irish Social Democratic and Labour Party politician from Derry in Northern Ireland.

Career

She had been a member (for the Northland District Electoral Area) of Derry City Council since 2001 and the Mayor of Derry in 2006–07. She was awarded the Freedom of the City of London on 6 February 2007.[1]

Helen Quigley was an unsuccessful SDLP candidate for the Foyle constituency in the 2007 Northern Ireland Assembly elections, but remained as SDLP leader on Derry City Council.

In November 2010, she confirmed that she would not contest elections in May 2011 and the SDLP announced that she was leaving public life. She resigned as SDLP leader on Derry City Council, but would remain a member of the party.[2] [3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Derry Mayor honoured by City of London . 6 February 2007 . 15 February 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101226040728/http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/media_centre/files2007/21_07.htm . 26 December 2010 .
  2. Web site: Former Derry mayor Helen Quigley to quit public life . 3 November 2010 . BBC NI News . 18 November 2011.
  3. Web site: Quigley confirms political exit . 2 November 2010 . Derry Journal . 18 November 2011.
  4. Web site: SDLP meet again after shock Quigley move . 5 November 2010 . Derry Journal . 18 November 2011.