Tom Haire
{{Short description|Former deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast}}
{{Use dmy dates|date = December 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Tom Haire
| office = Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast
| term_start = 1 June 2021
| term_end = 1 June 2022
| predecessor = Paul McCusker
| successor = Michelle Kelly
| office1 = High Sheriff of Belfast
| term_start1 = 4 January 2017
| term_end1 = 15 January 2018
| predecessor1 = Jim Rodgers
| successor1 = Carole Howard
| office2 = Member of
Belfast City Council
| constituency2 = Ormiston
| term_start2 = 22 May 2014
| term_end2 = 18 May 2023
| predecessor2 = New district
| successor2 = Andrew McCormick
| constituency3 = Victoria
| term_start3 = 5 May 2011
| term_end3 = 22 May 2014
| predecessor3 = David Rodway
| successor3 = District abolished
| birth_date = {{year of birth and age|1946|12}}{{cite web|title = Thomas Robert HAIRE personal appointments|url = https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/zCTzFgMtzpaBje_Tw0o4l8zFlWA/appointments|website = Companies House|access-date = 7 December 2024}}
| birth_place = Belfast, Northern Ireland
| death_date =
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
}}
Thomas Robert Haire (born December 1946) is a former Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician and Orangeman who served as deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast from June 2021 to 2022, and High Sheriff of Belfast from January 2017 to 2018.{{cite news|title = New High Sheriff for Belfast Appointed|url = https://www.4ni.co.uk/northern-ireland-news/224428/new-high-sheriff-for-belfast-appointed|work = 4NI|date = 17 January 2017|access-date = 7 December 2024}}{{cite news|title = New Lord Mayor Kate Nicholl sets out ambitious agenda|url = https://belfastmedia.com/belfast-s-new-lord-mayor-committed-to-growing-an-inclusive-and-kinder-city| work = Belfast Media|date = 5 June 2021|access-date = 7 December 2024}}
He was a Belfast City Councillor from 2011 to 2023, initially representing the Victoria DEA, later its successor, Ormiston.{{cite news|title = BBC News - Election 2011 - Northern Ireland - Belfast|url =https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/council/html/95z.stm|work = BBC News|date = 11 May 2011|access-date = 7 December 2024}}
Background
Haire was first elected to Belfast City Council at the 2011 local elections, representing the Victoria District.{{cite web|title = Belfast City Council, 1993 - 2011|url = https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgbelfast.htm|website = Ark elections|access-date = 7 December 2024}}{{cite web|title = DUP announce Assembly candidates, including a new face in East Belfast and two double jobbers|url = https://sluggerotoole.com/2011/02/28/dup-announce-assembly-candidates/|website = Slugger O'Toole|date = 28 February 2011|access-date = 7 December 2024}}
At the 2014 local elections, he was elected for the new Ormiston District.{{cite web|title = Belfast City Council Elections 2014|url = https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/nlgbcc.html|website = Ark elections|access-date = 7 December 2024}}
In January 2017, Haire was appointed as High Sheriff of Belfast.{{cite news|title = DUP's Tom Haire takes over Jim Rodgers as High Sheriff of Belfast|url = https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/dups-tom-haire-takes-over-from-jim-rodgers-as-high-sheriff-of-belfast/35340164.html|work = Belfast Telegraph|date = 4 January 2017|access-date = 7 December 2024}}{{cite news|title = Alliance calls for 'equality' over Belfast high sheriff post|url = https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/alliance-calls-for-equality-over-belfast-high-sheriff-post-1183992|work = Belfast Newsletter|date = 16 November 2016|access-date = 7 December 2024}}
He was re-elected at the 2019 Council election, being returned on the seventh count.{{cite news|title = Belfast City Council election results - 2019|url = https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-news/belfast-city-council-election-results-16221631|work = Belfast Live|date = 6 May 2019|access-date = 7 December 2024}}{{cite news|title = Ormiston: in Belfast results - NI Local Election 2019|url = https://elections.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/ni-local-election-2019/belfast/ormiston|work = Belfast Telegraph|access-date = 7 December 2024}}
Haire was made deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast in June 2021, serving under Alliance's Kate Nicholl.{{cite news|title = Alliance's Kate Nicholl installed as Belfast Lord Mayor|url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-57310311|work = BBC News|date = 1 June 2021|access-date = 7 December 2024}}{{cite news|title = Kate Nicholl installed as new Lord Mayor at marathon June meeting of Council|url = https://belfastmedia.com/kate-nicholl-installed-as-new-lord-mayor-as-palestine-israel-dominates-debate|work = Belfast Media|date = 2 June 2021|access-date = 7 December 2024}}
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Category: High sheriffs of Belfast
Category: Members of Belfast City Council