# Cathy Mason

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{{Short description|Politician from Northern Ireland}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = 
| name             = Cathy Mason
| honorific_suffix = [MLA](/source/Member_of_the_Legislative_Assembly_(Northern_Ireland))
| image            = Cllr Cathy Mason (cropped).jpg
| alt              = 
| caption          = Mason in 2022
| constituency_AM2 = [South Down](/source/South_Down_(Assembly_constituency))
| assembly2        = Northern Ireland
| majority2        = 
| term_start2      = 5 May 2022
| term_end2        = 
| predecessor2     = [Emma Rogan](/source/Emma_Rogan)
| successor2       = 
| office3          = Member of <br/> [Newry, Mourne and Down District Council](/source/Newry%2C_Mourne_and_Down_District_Council)
| constituency3    = [Slieve Croob](/source/Slieve_Croob_(District_Electoral_Area))
| term_start3      = 2 May 2019
| term_end3        = 5 May 2022
| predecessor3     = John Rice
| successor3       = Jim Brennan
| birth_date       = 
| birth_place      = [Drumaness](/source/Drumaness), Northern Ireland
| death_date       = 
| death_place      = 
| spouse           = 
| children         = 
| party            = [Sinn Féin](/source/Sinn_F%C3%A9in)
| profession       = 
}}
'''Cathy Mason''' is a [Sinn Féin](/source/Sinn_F%C3%A9in) politician who was elected to the [Northern Ireland Assembly](/source/Northern_Ireland_Assembly) from [South Down](/source/South_Down_(Assembly_constituency)) in the [2022 election](/source/2022_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_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](/source/2019_Northern_Ireland_local_elections), Mason was elected to the [Newry, Mourne and Down District Council](/source/Newry%2C_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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