Annie Courtney is an Irish former

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(SDLP) politician who was a

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(MLA) for Foyle from 2000 to 2003.

Career

Courtney became a

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in Derry. Courtney joined the

(SDLP), was elected to

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in 1985, and served as

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in 1993. Courtney retired from nursing in 1997. When SDLP leader

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resigned from the

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, effective from December 2000, Courtney was co-opted as his replacement, representing Foyle. Courtney was keen to contest the

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for the party, but did not gain the SDLP's nomination. As a result, she resigned from the party in April 2003 and instead sat as an

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. Courtney stood as an independent in the election, but took only 802 votes and was not elected.Foyle 2003
, Northern Ireland Elections

References

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