Brenda Hale (Northern Ireland politician)

Brenda Hale is a Democratic Unionist Party politician in Northern Ireland. She sat in the Northern Ireland Assembly as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Lagan Valley from 2011[1] until her narrow defeat at the 2017 Assembly election.

For the British judge, see Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond.

Brenda Hale

MLA OBE
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Lagan Valley
In office
2011–2017
Preceded byPaul Butler
Personal details
Born (1968-01-29) 29 January 1968
Bangor, Northern Ireland
NationalityBritish
Political partyDemocratic Unionist Party
Spouse(s)Mark Hale (died 2009, KIA)
Children2

Victoria

Alexandra

Hale's husband served with the British Army and was killed in Afghanistan in 2009. Hale then started to speak to the Ministry of Defence on behalf of other war widows.[2] As of August 2015, she is a Political Member of the Northern Ireland Policing Board.[3]

Her book, I Married A Soldier,[4] was published in 2017. It details Hale’s family life with her husband and daughters leading to her entry into Northern Irish politics.

As a result of her work Mrs Hale was listed on the Queen’s Birthday Honours list and is to receive an OBE for political service.

References
  1. Lagan Valley, UTV
  2. Sharon Ferguson, "Out with the old and in with the new at Stormont", BBC News, 9 May 2011
  3. "The Board". Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  4. "I Married A Soldier".
Northern Ireland Assembly
Preceded by
Paul Butler		 MLA for Lagan Valley
2011–2017		 Succeeded by
Pat Catney
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