Sammy Douglas

Sammy Douglas


High Sheriff of Belfast
Incumbent
Assumed office January 2024
Preceded by	John Kyle
Member of Belfast City Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 May 2023
Preceded by	George Dorrian
Constituency	Titanic
In office 2 June 2022 – 18 May 2023
Preceded by	David Brooks
Succeeded by	Davy Douglas
Constituency	Lisnasharragh
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Belfast East
In office 5 May 2011 – 2 March 2017
Preceded by	Wallace Browne
Succeeded by	Seat abolished

Personal details
Born	(1953-02-22) 22 February 1953 (age 71) Belfast, Northern Ireland
Nationality	British
Political party	Democratic Unionist Party

Sammy Douglas is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician, serving as the High Sheriff of Belfast since 2024, and a Belfast City Councillor for the Titanic DEA since 2023. Douglas was previously a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Belfast East from 2011 to 2017.^[1]^[2]

Career

Douglas was first elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in the 2011 election, and was re-elected in 2016, representing Belfast East. He did not seek re-election at the 2017 Assembly election.^[3]

In June 2022, Douglas was co-opted to Belfast City Council to replace Lisnasharragh representative David Brooks, following the latter’s election to the Assembly in the Assembly election that year.^[4] He was returned to the council in the 2023 local elections, this time for the Titanic District.

References

^ "Robinson rules out Westminster bid". Belfast Telegraph. 8 May 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
^ McKeown, Lesly-Anne. "Red-faced University of Ulster chiefs to dip into contingency fund". Retrieved 23 August 2012.
^ McCormack, Jayne (24 January 2017). "DUP MLA Sammy Douglas tells assembly he's standing down from politics". Twitter. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
^ "Former DUP MLA Sammy Douglas co-opted as Belfast City councillor". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. 9 June 2022. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 3 January 2024.