Malachi Curran
Malachi Curran is a politician in Northern Ireland.
Curran was elected to Down District Council in 1993 for the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP).[1] He resigned from the SDLP to stand as a Labour coalition candidate for the Northern Ireland Forum in 1996. Although the group did not win any constituency seats, it was awarded two top-up seats, which went to Hugh Casey and Curran.
Shortly after the elections to the Forum, the Coalition dissolved. Curran was recognised as leader of the Labour group in the Forum.[2] With seven other leaders of Forum groupings that had supported the Good Friday Agreement, he won a Harriman Democracy Prize in 1998.[3]
Curran then formed the Labour Party of Northern Ireland. Under this label, he failed to take a seat standing in South Down at the 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election, winning only 1% of the first preference votes.[4]
Curran stood as an independent at the 2003 elections to the Assembly, but saw his vote drop to 0.4%.[4] At the 2007 election, he placed bottom in South Down, taking just 123 votes.[5]
References
- ↑ Down District Council Elections 1993-2011, ARK
- ↑ House of Commons, 6 December 1996
- ↑ Past Harriman recipients, National Democratic Institute
- 1 2 Elections: South Down, ARK
- ↑ Northern Ireland election, BBC News, 9 March 2007
Belfast Gazette 16 August 1996: "Mr. Malachi Curran is the nominating representative for Labour in place of Cllr. Mark Langhammer."
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Mark Langhammer |
Leader of the Labour coalition 1996 - 1998 |
Succeeded by Position abolished |
| Preceded by New position |
Leader of the Labour Party of Northern Ireland 1998 - present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |