Linda Dillon ( Irish: Líonda Diolún; born 5 August 1978) is an Irish

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politician from

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, serving as a

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(MLA) for Mid Ulster since

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Political career

Originally elected as a Mid-Ulster councillor for the Torrent DEA (topping the poll with 14.8% of the total valid votes), she served as the inaugural chairperson of Mid-Ulster District Council since its inception in April 2015 and also sat on the Council's Development Committee until being elected to Stormont in May 2016. As

Martin McGuinness James Martin Pacelli McGuinness (; 23 May 1950 – 21 March 2017) was an Irish republican politician and statesman for Sinn Féin and a leader within the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) during The Troubles. He was the deputy First Minist ...

elected to run in the Foyle constituency in the 2016 Assembly election, Linda was then selected to replace him as a candidate in the Mid-Ulster constituency. She was elected with her two other party colleagues ( Ian Milne and Michelle O'Neill) on the first count, amassing 5,833 votes (14.3%).

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1978 births Living people Sinn Féin MLAs Northern Ireland MLAs 2016–2017 Northern Ireland MLAs 2017–2022 Members of Mid Ulster District Council Female members of the Northern Ireland Assembly Women councillors in Northern Ireland Northern Ireland MLAs 2022–2027 Politicians from County Armagh {{SinnFéin-politician-stub