George Dawson | |
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Dawson pictured at an Independent Orange Order event.
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Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Antrim East |
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In office 26 November 2003 – 7 May 2007 |
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Preceded by | Danny O'Connor |
Succeeded by | Alastair Ross |
Personal details | |
Born |
Lurgan, County Armagh |
10 May 1961
Died | 7 May 2007 Northern Ireland |
(aged 45)
Political party | Democratic Unionist Party |
Spouse(s) | Vi Dawson |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Queen's University Belfast |
Website | http://www.georgedawson.org/ |
George Dawson (10 May 1961 – 7 May 2007) was a Northern Irish politician and a member of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) since 1979. He was an MLA for East Antrim from November 2003 until his death following a short battle with cancer. He was seen as a potential member of the power-sharing executive of the first minister, the DUP leader Ian Paisley, whose evangelical Protestant and strong unionist beliefs he shared.
Dawson was a founder in 1998, and was until his death the chairman, of the Caleb Foundation, a Christian fundamentalist pressure group. He was also Grand Master of the Independent Orange Order and Treasurer of the Evangelical Protestant Society.