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{{Short description|Northern Irish politician (1959–2021)}}
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{{Infobox MLA
|honorific-prefix =
|name = Gordon Dunne
|honorific-suffix =
|image = Gordon Dunne.jpg
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|office3 = Member of [[North Down Borough Council]]
|constituency3 = [[Holywood (District Electoral Area)|Holywood]]
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|term_end3 = 22 May 2014
|predecessor3 = James White
|successor3 = Council abolished
| constituency4 = [[Holywood (District Electoral Area)|Holywood]]
| term_start4 = 15 May 1985
| term_end4 = 19 May 1993
| predecessor4 = District created
| successor4 = James White
| constituency5 = [[North Down Area D]]
| term_start5 = 20 May 1981
| term_end5 = 15 May 1985
| predecessor5 = Frederick White
| successor5 = District abolished
|office2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (Northern Ireland)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]]<br />for [[North Down (Assembly constituency)|North Down]]
|assembly2 = Northern Ireland
|majority2 =
|term_start2 = 5 May 2011
|term_end2 = 9 June 2021<ref name="Resignation">{{cite news|last1=McCormack|first1=Jayne|title=DUP MLA Gordon Dunne steps down due to serious illness |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-57420146|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=9 June 2021}}</ref>
|predecessor2 = [[Alan McFarland]]
|successor2 = [[Stephen Dunne (politician)|Stephen Dunne]]
|birth_date = {{birth date|1959|4|4|df=yes}}
|birth_place = {{nowrap|[[Enniskillen]], [[County Fermanagh]],}} Northern Ireland
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|6|20|1959|4|4|df=y}}
|death_place =
|nationality = [[United Kingdom|British]]
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'''Gordon Dunne''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}} (4 April 1959 – 20 June 2021) was a
==Biography==
Born in [[Enniskillen]], [[County Fermanagh]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/dups-gordon-dunne-i-found-it-hard-to-work-with-sinn-fein-yet-we-were-able-to-do-that-36856094.html|title=DUP's Gordon Dunne: 'I found it hard to work with Sinn Fein, yet we were able to do that'|newspaper=Belfasttelegraph|date=30 April 2018|access-date=22 June 2021}}</ref> Dunne was first elected to [[North Down Borough Council]] in the [[1981 Northern Ireland local elections|1981 local elections]] representing the Holywood area.<ref>[http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgnorthdown.htm North Down results 1973-1981], Ark.ac.uk; accessed 11 May 2011</ref> He was re-elected in [[1985 Northern Ireland local elections|1985]] and [[1989 Northern Ireland local elections|1989]].<ref>[http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/85-89lgnorthdown.htm North Down results 1985-1989], Ark.ac.uk; accessed 3 March 2017.</ref> He lost his seat in the [[1993 Northern Ireland local elections|1993 local elections]] but regained it in [[1997 Northern Ireland local elections|1997]] and sat on the council since then.<ref>[http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgnorthdown.htm North Down results 1993-2011], Ark.ac.uk; accessed 3 March 2017.</ref> He resigned from the assembly effective 9 June 2021 for health reasons, and his son [[Stephen Dunne (politician)|Stephen]] was subsequently co-opted to the role.<ref name="bt">{{cite news|title=DUP MLA Gordon Dunne's son to take over his seat at Stormont Assembly|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/dup-mla-gordon-dunnes-son-to-take-over-his-seat-at-stormont-assembly-40547861.html|website=[[Belfast Telegraph]]|access-date=22 June 2021|date=16 June 2021|last=Preston|first=Allan}}</ref><ref name="Resignation" />▼
On 20 June 2021, eleven days after his resignation, Dunne died of cancer, aged 62.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Preston|first1=Allan|title=Tributes paid as veteran DUP MLA Gordon Dunne dies|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/tributes-paid-as-veteran-dup-mla-gordon-dunne-dies-40560487.html|work=The Belfast Telegraph|date=20 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Corr|first1=Shauna|title=DUP's Gordon Dunne dies 11 days after resigning as MLA because of illness|url=https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-news/dups-gordon-dunne-dies-11-20862326|website=Belfast Live|date=20 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=DUP Leader pays tribute to Gordon Dunne|url=https://mydup.com/news/dup-leader-pays-tribute-to-gordon-dunne|website=Democratic Unionist Party|date=20 June 2021|access-date=20 June 2021|archive-date=29 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629022745/https://mydup.com/news/dup-leader-pays-tribute-to-gordon-dunne|url-status=dead}}</ref>
▲Dunne was first elected to [[North Down Borough Council]] in the [[1981 Northern Ireland local elections|1981 local elections]] representing the Holywood area.<ref>[http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgnorthdown.htm North Down results 1973-1981], Ark.ac.uk; accessed 11 May 2011</ref> He was re-elected in [[1985 Northern Ireland local elections|1985]] and [[1989 Northern Ireland local elections|1989]].<ref>[http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/85-89lgnorthdown.htm North Down results 1985-1989], Ark.ac.uk; accessed 3 March 2017.</ref> He lost his seat in the [[1993 Northern Ireland local elections|1993 local elections]] but regained it in [[1997 Northern Ireland local elections|1997]] and sat on the council since then.<ref>[http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgnorthdown.htm North Down results 1993-2011], Ark.ac.uk; accessed 3 March 2017.</ref>
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==External links==
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