Tom Hartley
| Tom Hartley | |
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| 53rd Lord Mayor of Belfast | |
| In office 2008–2009 |
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| Preceded by | Jim Rodgers |
| Succeeded by | Naomi Long |
| Councillor on Belfast City Council | |
| In office 1993 – Incumbent |
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| Constituency | Lower Falls, Belfast West |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Belfast |
| Political party | Sinn Féin |
| Website | www |
Tom Hartley (born 1945 or 1946) is a historian and Irish republican politician.
Hartley grew up in the Falls Road area of Belfast and became a republican activist in the late 1960s. In 1970, he was imprisoned in the Crumlin Road gaol for ten months for riotous behaviour; he was again imprisoned in 1978. During the 1981 Irish hunger strike, Hartley chaired the POW Committee.[1]
Hartley became active in Sinn Féin, serving as the General Secretary in the mid-1980s and as the Chair in the early 1990s.[1] In 1993, he was elected to Belfast City Council for the Lower Falls, and has held his seat at each subsequent election.[2]
Hartley was one of three Sinn Féin candidates in Northern Ireland at the European election in 1994. Although he took only 3.8% of the votes cast and was not elected, he did receive more votes than the party's other candidates.[3]
In 2008, Hartley became the second Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Belfast.[1] In his spare time, he conducts tours of Belfast City Cemetery[4] and authored the 2006 book Written in Stone: The History of Belfast City Cemetery.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Sinn Féin's Tom Hartley elected Mayor of Belfast", An Phoblacht, 5 June 2008
- ↑ Belfast City Council Elections 1993-2005, Northern Ireland Elections
- ↑ The 1994 European elections, Northern Ireland Elections
- ↑ Laura Friel, "A winter's tale", An Phoblacht, 16 December 1999
- ↑ Written in Stone, Belfast City Council
| Party political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | General Secretary of Sinn Féin 1984–1986? |
Succeeded by Joe Reilly? |
| Preceded by | Chairperson of Sinn Féin 1990–1996 |
Succeeded by Mitchel McLaughlin |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Lord Mayor of Belfast 2008–2009 |
Succeeded by Naomi Long |
