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to be Lord Mayor in 2002 which resulted in violence from loyalists upon his family and home. He stood down from elected office after submitting his resignation in July 2010 which came into effect at the end of the month. In June 2023 he was elected
President of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland.
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As a trainee doctor he worked in
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Council elections while a medical student in 1989. He was the first Belfast City Councillor to be elected Lord Mayor of Belfast with votes from both Unionist and Nationalist Councillors. He welcomed many visitors and heads of state to the City in the period after the signing of the
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