Catherine Seeley

Catherine Seeley
Seeley in 2015
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Upper Bann
In office
May 2016  January 2017
Preceded by Dolores Kelly
Succeeded by Vacant
Personal details
Born (1987-11-26) 26 November 1987
Lurgan, Northern Ireland
Nationality Irish
Political party Sinn Féin
Alma mater Queen's University Belfast
Profession Teacher

Catherine Seeley (born 26 November 1987) is a Sinn Féin politician from Northern Ireland. She was an MLA for Upper Bann from the 2016 election until 2017.[1]

Previously a schoolteacher at the non-denominational Belfast Boys' Model School, she resigned after allegedly enduring a campaign of harassment, which began after she was co-opted as a Sinn Féin councillor on Craigavon Borough Council in 2014. The Protestant Coalition opposed her employment at the school over her affiliation with Sinn Féin.[2]

On 16 January 2017, it was announced she would not seeking re-election at the 2017 assembly election and would return to work as a schoolteacher.[3]

References

  1. "SF's Catherine Seeley and John O'Dowd win seats but Dolores Kelly is ousted". banbridgeleader.co.uk. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  2. "Catherine Seeley thanks Boys' Model pupils for support", BBC News, 8 February 2016.
  3. "Sinn Féin's Catherine Seeley will not stand in next Assembly election" ITV News; accessed 3 March 2017.
Northern Ireland Assembly
Preceded by
Dolores Kelly
MLA for Upper Bann
2016–2017
Succeeded by
Dolores Kelly
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