Joan Carson | |
Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly for Fermanagh & South Tyrone |
Assembly: | Northern Ireland |
Term Start: | 25 June 1998 |
Term End: | 26 November 2003 |
Predecessor: | Constituency created |
Successor: | Arlene Foster |
Office1: | Member of Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council |
Constituency1: | Dungannon Town |
Term Start1: | 21 May 1997 |
Term End1: | 7 June 2001 |
Predecessor1: | Leslie Holmes |
Successor1: | Ken Maginnis |
Birth Date: | 29 January 1935 |
Birth Place: | Enniskillen, Northern Ireland |
Nationality: | British |
Party: | Ulster Unionist Party |
Residence: | Enniskillen |
Alma Mater: | Stranmillis University College |
Profession: | Teacher |
Joan Carson (born 29 January 1935) is a former Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician in Northern Ireland who was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Fermanagh and South Tyrone from 1998 to 2003.
Born in Enniskillen, Carson studied at Enniskillen Collegiate School and Stranmillis College before working as a teacher. In 1997 she was elected to Dungannon Borough Council for the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), and at the 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election, she was elected in Fermanagh and South Tyrone.[1]
Carson stood down from her council seat in 2001[2] and from her Assembly seat at the 2003 election.[3] She is currently a UUP party officer.[4]