Steve McBride (politician)
{{Short description|Northern Irish barrister and politician}}
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{{Use British English|date=December 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Steve McBride
| office = High Sheriff of Belfast
| term_start = January 1996
| term_end = January 1997
| predecessor = Joe Coggle
| successor = Nelson McCausland
| office1 = Member of
Belfast City Council
| constituency1 = Laganbank
| term_start1 = 17 May 1989
| term_end1 = 7 June 2001
| predecessor1 = William McDowell
| successor1 = Peter O'Reilly
| office2 = Northern Ireland Forum Member
for South Belfast
| term_start2 = 30 May 1996
| term_end2 = 25 April 1998
| predecessor2 = Forum established
| successor2 = Forum dissolved
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Belfast, Northern Ireland
| death_date =
| party = Alliance
}}
Steve McBride is a Northern Irish barrister and former Alliance Party politician.
Career
McBride is active in the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI). He became the Chairman of APNI in the 1990s, and in 1996 was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum, representing Belfast South. At the 1997 general election, McBride took 12.9% of the vote and fourth place in the Westminster seat of Belfast South. At the 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election he narrowly missed out on a seat, despite coming third on first preference votes in the six seat constituency.
References
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/election97/candidates/951.htm Steve McBride bio]
- [http://www.allianceparty.org/news/001507.html McBride statement on framework document, APNI]
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| title = Member for South Belfast
| years = 1996–1998
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{{succession box | title=High Sheriff of Belfast | before=Joe Coggle | after=Nelson McCausland | years=1996–1997}}
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Category:High sheriffs of Belfast
Category:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland politicians
Category:Members of the Northern Ireland Forum