Norah Beare
Northern Ireland politician
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Norah Beare (born 25 May 1946) is a former Northern Irish unionist politician who served as a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Lagan Valley from 2003 to 2007.[1]
Norah Beare | |
|---|---|
| Member of Banbridge District Council | |
| In office 7 June 2001 – 5 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | William McCracken |
| Succeeded by | Olive Mercer |
| Constituency | Dromore |
| Spokesperson for Health and Social Services | |
| In office 2003–2007 | |
| Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Lagan Valley | |
| In office 26 November 2003 – 7 March 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Ivan Davis |
| Succeeded by | Jonathan Craig |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 May 1946 |
| Party | DUP (2004 – present) UUP (until 2004) |
| Website | Beare DUP |
Background
She was elected as an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) candidate in the Assembly election of 2003;[2] however, she defected to the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in 2004 along with Jeffrey Donaldson MP, MLA for Lagan Valley and Arlene Foster, MLA for Fermanagh and South Tyrone.[3][4]
Norah Beare worked for forty years as a secretary in a number of different companies and then became in 1997 the Personal Assistant to Jeffrey Donaldson. Beare was elected to the Banbridge, County Down council in 2001 as a UUP candidate. On Donaldson's advice she was selected as the third UUP candidate for the November 2003 Northern Ireland Assembly elections.[5]
In December 2003 she resigned, with Donaldson and Arlene Foster, from the UUP and subsequently joined the DUP in January 2004. In 2005 she was re-elected to the council as a DUP politician.[citation needed] In January 2007, Beare was not selected by the Lagan Valley DUP association to fight the next Northern Ireland Assembly elections due in early March 2007.[citation needed]
Beare was elected chairman of Banbridge District Council in 2008.[6]
