Gordon Dunne (4 April 1959 – 20 June 2021) was a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician who was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for North Down from 2011 until June 2021.NI Assembly elections, BelfastTelegraph.co.uk; accessed 3 March 2017.
Biography Born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Dunne was first elected to North Down Borough Council in the 1981 local elections representing the Holywood area.North Down results 1973-1981, Ark.ac.uk; accessed 11 May 2011 He was re-elected in 1985 and 1989.North Down results 1985-1989, Ark.ac.uk; accessed 3 March 2017. He lost his seat in the 1993 local elections but regained it in 1997 and sat on the council since then.North Down results 1993-2011, Ark.ac.uk; accessed 3 March 2017. He resigned from the assembly effective 9 June 2021 for health reasons, and his son Stephen was subsequently co-opted to the role.
On 20 June 2021, eleven days after his resignation, Dunne died of cancer, aged 62.
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