Sammy Douglas Explained

Sammy Douglas
Office:High Sheriff of Belfast
Term Start:January 2024
Predecessor:John Kyle
Constituency1:Titanic
Term Start1:18 May 2023
Predecessor1:George Dorrian
Constituency2:Lisnasharragh
Term Start2:2 June 2022
Term End2:18 May 2023
Predecessor2:David Brooks
Successor2:Davy Douglas
Constituency Am3:Belfast East
Assembly3:Northern Ireland
Term Start3:5 May 2011
Term End3:2 March 2017
Predecessor3:Wallace Browne
Successor3:Seat abolished
Birth Date:22 February 1953
Birth Place:Belfast, Northern Ireland
Nationality:British
Party:Democratic Unionist Party

Sammy Douglas is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician, serving as the High Sheriff of Belfast since 2024, and a Belfast City Councillor for the Titanic DEA since 2023. Douglas was previously a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Belfast East from 2011 to 2017.[1] [2]

Career

Douglas was first elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in the 2011 election, and was re-elected in 2016, representing Belfast East. He did not seek re-election at the 2017 Assembly election.[3]

In June 2022, Douglas was co-opted to Belfast City Council to replace Lisnasharragh representative David Brooks, following the latter’s election to the Assembly in the Assembly election that year.[4] He was returned to the council in the 2023 local elections, this time for the Titanic District.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Robinson rules out Westminster bid. 8 May 2011. 9 May 2011. Belfast Telegraph.
  2. Web site: McKeown. Lesly-Anne. Red-faced University of Ulster chiefs to dip into contingency fund. 23 August 2012.
  3. News: DUP MLA Sammy Douglas tells assembly he's standing down from politics. McCormack. Jayne. 2017-01-24. Twitter. en. 2017-01-24.
  4. News: 2022-06-09 . Former DUP MLA Sammy Douglas co-opted as Belfast City councillor . en-GB . BelfastTelegraph.co.uk . 2024-01-03 . 0307-1235.