Brenda Hale (Northern Ireland politician)

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Brenda Hale
MLA
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Lagan Valley
Assumed office
2011
Preceded by Paul Butler
Personal details
Born (1968-01-29) January 29, 1968 (age 56)
Bangor, Northern Ireland
Nationality British
Political party Democratic Unionist Party
Spouse(s) Mark Hale (d. 2009, KIA)
Children 2

Brenda Hale is a Democratic Unionist Party politician in Northern Ireland who was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly for the Lagan Valley in 2011.[1]

Hale's husband served with the British Army and was killed in Afghanistan in 2009. Hale then started to speak to the Ministry of Defence on behalf of other war widows.[2]

As at August 2015, she is a Political Member of the Northern Ireland Policing Board.[3]

References

  1. Lagan Valley, UTV
  2. Sharon Ferguson, "Out with the old and in with the new at Stormont", BBC News, 9 May 2011
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Northern Ireland Assembly
Preceded by MLA for Lagan Valley
2011–present
Incumbent