Andrew Muir (politician)

Andrew Muir is a Northern Irish politician who is an Alliance Party Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for North Down.[1] He was appointed as an MLA following incumbent Alliance MLA Stephen Farry's election as MP for North Down in the 2019 United Kingdom general election.[2]

Andrew Muir
MLA
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for North Down
Assumed office
18 December 2019
Preceded byStephen Farry
Personal details
Born
Andrew David Muir

(1976-07-09) 9 July 1976
Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland
NationalityNorthern Irish
Political partyAlliance
Alma materUniversity of Ulster
OccupationPolitician
Websitehttp://www.andrewmuir.net/

Political career

Muir became the first openly gay mayor in Northern Ireland,[3] and the second openly gay member of the Assembly.[4] He was selected to run as one of Alliance's two candidates in North Down for the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly Election.[5]

References
  1. "Andrew Muir selected as Alliance Party's new North Down MLA". Belfasttelegraph. Belfast Telegraph. 18 December 2019.
  2. "Alliance selects Andrew Muir as North Down MLA". Alliance Party. 18 December 2019.
  3. McConville, Marie Louise (19 December 2019). "Alliance select NI's first openly gay mayor Andrew Muir to replace Stephen Farry as MLA". The Irish News. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  4. Duffy, Nick (19 December 2019). "Northern Ireland assembly gets second openly gay MLA". PinkNews. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  5. "https://twitter.com/andrewmuirni/status/1453826944253022217". Twitter. Retrieved 30 January 2022. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)


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