Gordon Hugh Mawhinney (born 4 January 1943) is a Northern Irish former politician. Biography Mawhinney married Maureen Gribben (born 5 January 1943) on 4 April 1967.Who's who in European Politics (1982, p. 406) In 1981, Mawhinney stood for the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland in Newtownabbey District "C", but was not elected.The Local Government Elections 1973–1981: Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland Elections He was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1982, in South Antrim.South Antrim 1973–82, Northern Ireland Elections He stood in the equivalent Westminster constituency at the 1983 general election, receiving 11.9% of the votes cast, and increased his share to 16.0% at the 1987 general election, in which he took second place.South Antrim 1983–1992, Northern Ireland Elections
In 1987, Mawhinney was elected as Deputy Leader of the Alliance Party, a position which he held until he resigned in 1991, claiming "health and business reasons".Sydney Elliott and William D. Flackes, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory, 1968–1999 In 1989, he finally won a seat on Newtownabbey Borough Council, in Manse RoadLocal Government Elections 1985 – 1989: Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland Elections In 1993, he won a seat in the successor district of University, but he did not restand in 1997.Newtownabbey Borough Council Elections 1993–2005, Northern Ireland Elections
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