Gerard Diver
{{Infobox MLA
|honorific-prefix =
|name = Gerard Diver
|honorific-suffix =
|image = Gerard Diver MLA Feb '16.jpg
|alt =
|caption = Diver in 2016
| image_size = 180x180px
|office = Member of the Legislative Assembly
for Foyle
|assembly = Northern Ireland
|majority =
|term_start = 7 January 2016
|term_end = 30 March 2016
|predecessor = Pat Ramsey
|successor = Eamon McCann
| office1 = Member of Derry City and Strabane District Council
| constituency1 = Waterside
| term_start1 = 22 May 2014
| term_end1 = 7 January 2016
| predecessor1 = Council created
| successor1 = Tina Gardiner
| office2 = Member of Derry City Council
| constituency2 = Waterside
| term_start2 = 7 June 2001
| term_end2 = 22 May 2014
| predecessor2 = James Guy
| successor2 = Council abolished
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|01|01|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Derry, Northern Ireland
|death_date =
|death_place =
|nationality = Irish
|party = SDLP
|occupation = Politician
}}
Gerard Diver (born 1 January 1965){{cite web|url = http://aims.niassembly.gov.uk/mlas/details.aspx?&aff=11291&per=5594&cid=6 | website = niassembly.gov.uk | publisher = Northern Ireland Assembly Commission | accessdate = 31 August 2018 | title = AIMS Portal / MLAs / Committee Details / Mr Gerard Diver }} is an Irish Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Foyle between January and March 2016.
Political career
Diver was first elected to Derry City Council in 2001, representing the DEA of Waterside in Derry. From 2008 to 2009, Diver served as Mayor of Derry.{{cite web| url = http://www.sdlp.ie/people/cllr-gerard-diver/ | publisher = SDLP | website = sdlp.ie | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052258/http://www.sdlp.ie/people/cllr-gerard-diver/ | archivedate = 4 March 2016 | title = People - Gerard Diver }} In 2014, after the boundary changes, Diver was re-elected onto the newly formed Derry City and Strabane District Council.{{fact|date= August 2018 }} In 2015, veteran SDLP MLA Pat Ramsey announced his retirement from the Northern Ireland Assembly; Diver was selected as his replacement and co-opted onto Ramsey's seat in early 2016.{{cite web|url = https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-35100115 | website = bbc.com | publisher= BBC | date = 15 December 2015 | accessdate = 31 August 2018 | title = SDLP: Diver to replace Ramsey as MLA and 'focus on job creation' }}
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| before = Pat Ramsey
| after = Eamonn McCann
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Category:Northern Ireland MLAs 2011–2016