Tom Haire
Tom Haire | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast | |
| In office 1 June 2021 – 1 June 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Paul McCusker |
| Succeeded by | Michelle Kelly |
| High Sheriff of Belfast | |
| In office 4 January 2017 – 15 January 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Jim Rodgers |
| Succeeded by | Carole Howard |
| Member of Belfast City Council | |
| In office 22 May 2014 – 18 May 2023 | |
| Preceded by | New district |
| Succeeded by | Andrew McCormick |
| Constituency | Ormiston |
| In office 5 May 2011 – 22 May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | David Rodway |
| Succeeded by | District abolished |
| Constituency | Victoria |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 1946 (age 77–78)[1] Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Political party | Democratic Unionist Party |
Thomas Robert Haire (born December 1946) is a former Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician and Orangeman who served as deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast from June 2021 to 2022, and High Sheriff of Belfast from January 2017 to 2018.[2][3] He was a Belfast City Councillor from 2011 to 2023, initially representing the Victoria DEA, later its successor, Ormiston.[4]
Background
[edit]Haire was first elected to Belfast City Council at the 2011 local elections, representing the Victoria District.[5][6]
At the 2014 local elections, he was elected for the new Ormiston District.[7]
In January 2017, Haire was appointed as High Sheriff of Belfast.[8][9]
He was re-elected at the 2019 Council election, being returned on the seventh count.[10][11]
Haire was made deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast in June 2021, serving under Alliance's Kate Nicholl.[12][13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Thomas Robert HAIRE personal appointments". Companies House. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
- ^ "New High Sheriff for Belfast Appointed". 4NI. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
- ^ "New Lord Mayor Kate Nicholl sets out ambitious agenda". Belfast Media. 5 June 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
- ^ "BBC News - Election 2011 - Northern Ireland - Belfast". BBC News. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
- ^ "Belfast City Council, 1993 - 2011". Ark elections. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
- ^ "DUP announce Assembly candidates, including a new face in East Belfast and two double jobbers". Slugger O'Toole. 28 February 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
- ^ "Belfast City Council Elections 2014". Ark elections. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
- ^ "DUP's Tom Haire takes over Jim Rodgers as High Sheriff of Belfast". Belfast Telegraph. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
- ^ "Alliance calls for 'equality' over Belfast high sheriff post". Belfast Newsletter. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
- ^ "Belfast City Council election results - 2019". Belfast Live. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
- ^ "Ormiston: in Belfast results - NI Local Election 2019". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
- ^ "Alliance's Kate Nicholl installed as Belfast Lord Mayor". BBC News. 1 June 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
- ^ "Kate Nicholl installed as new Lord Mayor at marathon June meeting of Council". Belfast Media. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2024.