# Martin Morgan

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{{Short description|Irish politician}}
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| name             = Martin Morgan
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| office1          = Lord Mayor of Belfast
| order1           = 60th
| predecessor1     = [Alex Maskey](/source/Alex_Maskey)
| successor1       = [Tom Ekin](/source/Tom_Ekin)
| term_start1      = 1 June 2003
| term_end1        = 1 June 2004
| office2          = Member of <br/> [Belfast City Council](/source/Belfast_City_Council)
| constituency2    = [Oldpark](/source/Oldpark_(District_Electoral_Area))
| term_start2      = 19 May 1993
| term_end2        = 5 May 2005
| predecessor2     = Brian Feeney
| successor2       = [Alban Maginness](/source/Alban_Maginness)
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| party            = [SDLP](/source/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party)
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| spouse           = Dympna Morgan
| alma_mater       = [Queen's University, Belfast](/source/Queen's_University%2C_Belfast)
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'''Martin Morgan''' is an Irish former politician for the [Social Democratic and Labour Party](/source/Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party) (SDLP). Married to Dympna, a double graduate from the Queen's University of Belfast and a qualified Master's Level Social Worker, Morgan has been a  political activist since his teenage years.

A former Vice-Chairperson of the SDLP and Executive member. In 1996, he was an unsuccessful candidate in the [Northern Ireland Forum](/source/Northern_Ireland_Forum) election in [North Belfast](/source/North_Belfast_(Assembly_constituency)).<ref>[https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/96nb.htm Northern Ireland elections] ARK, 15 May 2003.</ref> He was a councillor on [Belfast City Council](/source/Belfast_City_Council) until [2005](/source/2005_Northern_Ireland_local_elections). Morgan was the youngest Nationalist and Catholic to be elected Lord Mayor of Belfast<ref>{{cite news |last=Kelly |first=Gary |date=3 June 2003 |title=SDLP man is new Mayor of Belfast |url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/sdlp-man-is-new-mayor-of-belfast-215481.html |work=Irish Independent |access-date=5 October 2015}}</ref> until the election of [Niall Ó Donnghaile](/source/Niall_%C3%93_Donnghaile) (SF). He stood for the party in the 2004 [European Parliament](/source/European_Parliament) elections.<ref>{{cite news |title=SDLP Chooses Morgan to defend Hume's seat |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2004/0308/1077098584090.html |work=The Irish Times |date=8 March 2004}}</ref> He was the youngest ever [Belfast](/source/Belfast) councillor when first elected.

He questioned, but abided by, SDLP support for the [Police Service of Northern Ireland](/source/Police_Service_of_Northern_Ireland) (PSNI). The PSNI was accused by Morgan and representatives of the local community of using heavy-handed policing to force an [Orange Order](/source/Orange_Order) parade through the mainly Catholic [Ardoyne](/source/Ardoyne) area of North Belfast.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}} Morgan left the SDLP after seeing out his third term of office. He writes a weekly "Straight Talking" column in the Belfast newspaper ''[North Belfast News](/source/North_Belfast_News)''. This column deals with current affairs, political and social responsibility matters, particularly but not exclusively in North Belfast.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

Morgan's grandfather William Mullan was a member of the Irish Army colour party which accompanied 1916 rebel Padraig Pearse's body to the graveyard.<ref>[https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/belfast-mayor-slammed-for-attending-easter-rising-ceremony-146140.html Belfast Mayor slammed for attending Easter Rising Ceremony] ''BreakingNews.ie'', 5 May 2004.</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Anderson |date=6 May 2004 |first=Nichola |title=Archbishop praises 1916 generation |url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/archbishop-praises-1916-generation-25913208.html |work=Irish Independent |access-date=31 May 2022}}</ref>

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