Alfie Ferguson
{{Short description|British unionist politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Alfie Ferguson
| office = Lord Mayor of Belfast
| deputy = Ted Ashby
| term_start = 1983
| term_end = 1985
| predecessor = Tommy Patton
| successor = John Carson
| office1 = High Sheriff of Belfast
| term_start1 = 1982
| term_end1 = 1983
| predecessor1 = Muriel Pritchard
| successor1 = Donnell Deeny
| office2 = Member of
Belfast City Council
| constituency2 = Belfast Area E
| term_start2 = 18 May 1977
| term_end2 = 15 May 1985
| predecessor2 = William Christie
| successor2 = District abolished
| birth_date = 1927
| birth_place = Belfast, Northern Ireland
| death_date = 4 December 1992
| party = Ulster Unionist (until 1989)
| otherparty = Independent Unionist (from 1989)
}}
Alfred Henry "Alfie" Ferguson, CBE (c. 1927 - 4 December 1992){{Cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002341/19921206/025/0004|title=Former mayor dies|date=6 December 1992|work=Sunday Life|access-date=19 February 2019|page=4|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}} was a British and unionist politician in Northern Ireland. He was a member of the Ulster Unionist Party and served as Lord Mayor of Belfast{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3I9GAAAAIBAJ&sjid=o_IMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5083%2C3595308|title=Christmas in Belfast|access-date=2014-07-02|year=1983|author=Malcolm Brodie|work=The Lewiston Journal}} (1983–85).
Background
Ferguson was an industrial engineer by profession, but from a young age he had an ambition of becoming a councillor.{{Cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002318/19821210/133/0012|title=The High Sheriff with an Organ in the Parlour|last=Rafferty|first=Gerald|date=10 December 1982|work=Belfast Telegraph|access-date=19 February 2019|page=12|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}} He realised this ambition when he was first elected to Belfast City Hall in 1969. In 1982 he was elected as the 81st High Sheriff of Belfast, and in the following year he was elected Mayor of Belfast.{{Cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002318/19830504/036/0003|title=Unionist coasts home in Lord Mayor poll|last=Simpson|first=David|date=4 May 1983|work=Belfast Telegraph|access-date=19 February 2019|page=3|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}} In 1985 he was honoured with a CBE{{Cite news|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Belfast/issue/4581/page/597|title=Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) C.B.E.|date=15 June 1985|work=The Belfast Gazette|access-date=19 February 2019}} and in 1987 he was made deputy Lord Lieutenant. He was married to Elizabeth, with whom he has three sons. The family were members of the Church of Ireland.{{Cite web|url=http://classifieds.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/advert/northern-ireland/family-notices/death-notices/57453/Ferguson-Elizabeth-Betty-Death |title=Ferguson, Elizabeth (Betty) - Death |access-date=2014-07-02 |publisher=Belfast Telegraph |year=2011 |author=Anon |work=Classifieds |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714222105/http://classifieds.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/advert/northern-ireland/family-notices/death-notices/57453/Ferguson-Elizabeth-Betty-Death |archive-date=July 14, 2014 }} Alfie Ferguson died 4 December 1992 at his Crumlin Road home, he was 65.
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{{succession box | title=High Sheriff of Belfast | before=Muriel Pritchard| after= Donnell Deeny| years= 1982–1983}}
{{succession box | title=Lord Mayor of Belfast | before=Tommy Patton | after=John Carson | years= 1983–1985}}
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Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Category:High sheriffs of Belfast
Category:Lord mayors of Belfast