David Cook (Northern Ireland politician)
David Somerville Cook (January 1944 – 19 September 2020) was a Northern Irish politician. He was a member of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI), which he helped found.[1] He was elected to Belfast City Council in 1973 and left office in 1985.[2] From 1982 to 1986, he was a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
In 1978, he became the first non-Unionist Lord Mayor of Belfast.[3] He ran multiple times to become a member of parliament, but never won an election.
On 20 September 2020 it was announced that Cook had died after being diagnosed with COVID-19.[4] He died on 19 September 2020 at a Craigavon hospital, aged 76.[5]
References
- ↑ "Cook raps 'mean spirited unionism'". Belfast Telegraph. 11 February 1997. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/imported/article1022796.ece. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ↑ "The Local Government Elections 1973–1981: Belfast". Ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ↑ "A Chronology of the Conflict-1978". Cain.ulst.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ↑ "David Cook: Former Belfast Lord Mayor dies with Covid-19". BBC News. 20 September 2020. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-54226208. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ↑ "Tributes paid to founding member of Alliance Party and former Lord Mayor of Belfast David Cook following death from Covid-19". Belfast Telegraph. 20 September 2020. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/tributes-paid-to-founding-member-of-alliance-party-and-former-lord-mayor-of-belfast-david-cook-following-death-from-covid-19-39546040.html. Retrieved 20 September 2020.