Gordon Dunne

Gordon Dunne MBE (4 April 1959 – 20 June 2021) was a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician who was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for North Down from 2011 until June 2021.

Born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Dunne was first elected to North Down Borough Council in the 1981 local elections representing the Holywood area. He was re-elected in 1985 and 1989. He lost his seat in the 1993 local elections but regained it in 1997 and sat on the council since then. He resigned from the assembly effective 9 June 2021 for health reasons, and his son Stephen was subsequently co-opted to the role.

On 20 June 2021, eleven days after his resignation, Dunne died of cancer, aged 62.