Joan Carson

Joan Carson
Member of the Legislative Assembly
for Fermanagh & South Tyrone
In office
25 June 1998  26 November 2003
Preceded by Constituency created
Succeeded by Arlene Foster
Personal details
Born (1935-01-29) 29 January 1935
Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
Nationality British
Political party Ulster Unionist Party
Residence Enniskillen
Alma mater Stranmillis University College
Profession Teacher

Joan Carson (born 29 January 1935) is a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.

Born in Enniskillen, Carson studied at Enniskillen Collegiate School and Stranmillis College before working as a teacher. In 1997 she was elected to Dungannon Borough Council for the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), and at the 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election, she was elected in Fermanagh and South Tyrone.[1] In 1996 he was an unsuccessful candidate in the Northern Ireland Forum election in Fermanagh and South Tyrone.[2]

Carson stood down from her council seat in 2001[3] and from her Assembly seat at the 2003 election.[4] She is currently a UUP party officer.[5]

References

  1. Biography – Joan Carson Archived 26 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine., Northern Ireland Assembly
  2. Northern Ireland elections
  3. Dungannon Borough Council Elections 1993 – 2005, Northern Ireland Elections
  4. Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Northern Ireland Elections
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 May 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2008.
Northern Ireland Assembly
New assembly MLA for Fermanagh & South Tyrone
1998–2003
Succeeded by
Arlene Foster
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