Malachi Curran
Malachi Curran | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Northern Ireland Forum | |
| In office 30 May 1996 – 25 April 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Forum created |
| Succeeded by | Forum dissolved |
| Constituency | Top-up list |
| Member of Down District Council | |
| In office 17 May 1989 – 19 May 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Geraldine Ritchie |
| Succeeded by | Gerard Mahon |
| Constituency | Downpatrick |
| In office 20 May 1981 – 15 May 1985 | |
| Preceded by | George Flinn |
| Succeeded by | District abolished |
| Constituency | Down Area B |
| Personal details | |
| Born | County Down, Northern Ireland |
| Political party | Labour Party of Northern Ireland (1998 - 2016) Independent Labour (1981 - 1985) |
| Other political affiliations | Labour Coalition (1996 - 1998) SDLP (1989 - 1996) |
Malachi Curran is a Northern Irish politician.
Career
[edit]He was elected to Down District Council in 1981 as a Labour candidate. He did not stand in 1985, but was elected to the same council in 1989 for the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP).[1]
He resigned from the SDLP to stand as a Labour coalition candidate for the Northern Ireland Forum in 1996. Although the group did not win any constituency seats, it was awarded two top-up seats, which went to Hugh Casey and Curran.[citation needed]
Shortly after the elections to the Forum, the Coalition dissolved. Curran was recognised as leader of the Labour group in the Forum.[2]
With seven other leaders of Forum groupings that had supported the Good Friday Agreement, he won the Harriman Democracy Prize of the National Democratic Institute in 1998.[3]
Curran then formed the Labour Party of Northern Ireland. Under this label, he failed to take a seat standing in South Down at the 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election, winning only 1% of the first preference votes.[4]
Curran stood as an independent at the 2003 elections to the Assembly, but saw his vote drop to 0.4%.[4] At the 2007 election, he placed bottom in South Down, taking just 123 votes.[5]
After leaving politics, Curran became the owner of a pub, the Ann Boal Inn in Killough, County Down, following the death of Ann Boal, who had been a longtime friend of Curran.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Down District Council Elections 1993-2011 Archived 23 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine, ARK.ac.uk; accessed 28 August 2017.
- ^ House of Commons Archived 5 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk, 6 December 1996.
- ^ Past Harriman recipients Archived 27 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine, ndi.org; accessed 28 August 2017.
- ^ a b Elections: South Down Archived 21 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine, ARK
- ^ Northern Ireland election Archived 8 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine, BBC News, 9 March 2007
- ^ Johnny Caldwell, Pub's Good Friday Agreement link Archived 8 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine, BBC News (March 19, 2008).