Cathy Mason

{{Short description|Politician from Northern Ireland}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Cathy Mason | honorific_suffix = MLA | image = Cllr Cathy Mason (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Mason in 2022 | constituency_AM2 = South Down | assembly2 = Northern Ireland | majority2 = | term_start2 = 5 May 2022 | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = Emma Rogan | successor2 = | office3 = Member of <br/> Newry, Mourne and Down District Council | constituency3 = Slieve Croob | term_start3 = 2 May 2019 | term_end3 = 5 May 2022 | predecessor3 = John Rice | successor3 = Jim Brennan | birth_date = | birth_place = Drumaness, Northern Ireland | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | children = | party = Sinn Féin | profession = }} '''Cathy Mason''' is a Sinn Féin politician who was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly from South Down in the 2022 election.<ref>{{Cite news |title=South Down result - Northern Ireland Assembly Elections 2022 |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2022/northern-ireland/constituencies/N06000015 |access-date=2022-05-06}}</ref>

== Political career == In the 2019 Northern Ireland local elections, Mason was elected to the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council as a Councillor of the district electoral area (DEA) of Slieve Croob, winning 1,069 first preference votes and being elected on the fifth count.<ref>{{Cite web |first= |date=2019-02-05 |title=Council Elections - District Electoral Area of Slieve Croob |url=https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/9ecbba3c-2c67-454d-a9f1-2ea7eccca332/Slieve-Croob |website=The Electoral Office for Northern Ireland}}</ref> Mason became Chairperson of the Council on 1st June 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Council Chairperson Appointed at 2021 AGM |url=https://www.newrymournedown.org/new-council-chairperson-appointed-at-2021-agm}}</ref>

Mason was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly from South Down in the 2022 election, receiving 9,963 first preference votes and being elected on the first count.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Constituency profile: South Down |language=en-GB |work=belfasttelegraph |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/northern-ireland-assembly-election-2022/constituency-profile-south-down-41592972.html |access-date=2022-05-06 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref>

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