Linda Dillon Explained

Linda Dillon
Honorific-Suffix:MLA
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly
for Mid Ulster
Assembly:Northern Ireland
Term Start:5 May 2016
Predecessor:Martin McGuinness
Office1:Chair of Mid-Ulster District Council
Term Start1:April 2015
Term End1:May 2016
Office2:Member of
Mid-Ulster District Council
Term Start2:22 May 2014
Term End2:5 May 2016
1Blankname2:DEA
1Namedata2:Torrent
Predecessor2:Council established
Successor2:Niamh Doris
Birth Place:South Armagh, Northern Ireland
Birthname:1978 8, df=yes
Nationality:Irish
Party:Sinn Féin
Spouse:Gerard
Children:1
Residence:Coalisland
Profession:Politician
Website:Official website

Linda Dillon (Irish: Líonda Diolún; born 5 August 1978) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician from Northern Ireland, serving as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Mid Ulster since 2016.

Political career

Originally elected as a Mid-Ulster councillor for the Torrent DEA (topping the poll with 14.8% of the total valid votes), she served as the inaugural chairperson of Mid-Ulster District Council since its inception in April 2015 and also sat on the Council's Development Committee until being elected to Stormont in May 2016.

As Martin McGuinness elected to run in the Foyle constituency in the 2016 Assembly election, Linda was then selected to replace him as a candidate in the Mid-Ulster constituency.[1] She was elected with her two other party colleagues (Ian Milne and Michelle O'Neill) on the first count, amassing 5,833 votes (14.3%).[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Corr. Shauna. Linda Dillon 'delighted' at selection in place of Martin McGuinness for Mid Ulster . . 2016-02-13 . 2017-03-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160214083428/http://www.midulstermail.co.uk/news/mid-ulster-news/linda-dillon-delighted-at-selection-in-place-of-martin-mcguinness-for-mid-ulster-1-7213768 . 2016-02-14.
  2. News: Mid Ulster - Northern Ireland Assembly constituency - Election 2017 . bbc.co.uk . 2017-03-04.