{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Annie Courtney | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = 150px | alt = | caption = | office = Member of <br/> Derry City Council | constituency = Rural | term_start = 15 May 1985 | term_end = 5 May 2005 | predecessor = ''District created'' | successor = Liam Boyle | constituency_AM2 = Foyle | assembly2 = Northern Ireland | majority2 = | term_start2 = 1 December 2000 | term_end2 = 26 November 2003 | predecessor2 = John Hume | successor2 = Mary Bradley | birth_date = <!-- {{birth date and age||||df=yes}} --> | birth_place = Derry, Northern Ireland | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | birth_name = | party = Independent <br/> (from 2003) | other_party = SDLP (until 2003) | spouse = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Annie Courtney''' is an Irish former Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician who was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Foyle from 2000 to 2003.
== Career == Courtney became a nurse in Derry. Courtney joined the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), was elected to Derry City Council in 1985, and served as Mayor of Derry in 1993. Courtney retired from nursing in 1997.<ref>[http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/members/biogs/acourtney.htm Biography – Annie Courtney MLA, Northern Ireland Assembly] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929102912/http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/members/biogs/acourtney.htm |date=September 29, 2007 }}</ref>
When SDLP leader John Hume resigned from the Northern Ireland Assembly, effective from December 2000, Courtney was co-opted as his replacement, representing Foyle.<ref>"[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2000/1211/breaking43.htm Courtney takes up Hume's assembly seat]", ''The Irish Times'', 11 December 2000</ref> Courtney was keen to contest the 2003 Northern Ireland Assembly election for the party, but did not gain the SDLP's nomination. As a result, she resigned from the party in April 2003 and instead sat as an independent.<ref>"[http://www.4ni.co.uk/northern_ireland_news.asp?id=15005 Annie Courtney resigns from SDLP] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928084011/http://www.4ni.co.uk/northern_ireland_news.asp?id=15005 |date=September 28, 2007 }}", 4NI.co.uk, 1 April 2003</ref> Courtney stood as an independent in the election,<ref>"[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/2915915.stm Courtney stands as independent] ", BBC News</ref> but took only 802 votes and was not elected.<ref>[http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/03foy.htm Foyle 2003] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184454/http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/03foy.htm |date=30 September 2007 }}, Northern Ireland Elections</ref>
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{{s-start}} {{s-civ}} {{succession box|title=Mayor of Derry|years=1993–94|before=William Hay|after=James Guy}} {{s-par|ni/ass}} {{succession box | title = MLA for Foyle | before = John Hume | after = Mary Bradley | years = 2000–2003 }} {{s-end}}
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