Joan Carson
Member of the Legislative Assembly
for Fermanagh & South Tyrone
In office
25 June 1998  26 November 2003
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded byArlene Foster
Personal details
Born (1935-01-29) 29 January 1935
Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
NationalityBritish
Political partyUlster Unionist Party
ResidenceEnniskillen
Alma materStranmillis University College
ProfessionTeacher

Joan Carson (born 29 January 1935) is a former Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.

Born in Enniskillen, Carson studied at Enniskillen Collegiate School and Stranmillis College before working as a teacher. In 1997 she was elected to Dungannon Borough Council for the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), and at the 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election, she was elected in Fermanagh and South Tyrone.[1]

Carson stood down from her council seat in 2001[2] and from her Assembly seat at the 2003 election.[3] She is currently a UUP party officer.[4]

References

  1. Biography – Joan Carson Archived 26 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine, Northern Ireland Assembly
  2. Dungannon Borough Council Elections 1993 – 2005, Northern Ireland Elections
  3. Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Northern Ireland Elections
  4. "Ulster Unionist Party - for All of Us". Archived from the original on 13 May 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2008.
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