John Alderdice, Baron Alderdice

Quick Facts

Full Name	John Alderdice, Baron Alderdice
Occupation	Former
Date Of Birth	Mar 28, 1955(1955-03-28)
Age	69
Birthplace	Ballymena
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Northern Ireland
Horoscope	Aries

John Alderdice, Baron Alderdice Biography

John Alderdice, Baron Alderdice is one of the most popular and richest Former who was born on March 28, 1955 in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

The Alliance Party was formed in 1970 as an alternative to sectarian politics. Alderdice was on the executive committee of the party between 1984 and 1998, chair of the policy committee between 1985 and 1987 and the party vice-chair in 1987, before becoming the party leader ahead of the 1987 general election. He contested Belfast East for the party in 1987 and 1992. He received 32.1% of the vote in 1987, the highest percentage achieved by Alliance in an individual seat in a Westminster election until Naomi Long’s historic victory for the party in Belfast East in the 2010 general election. In 1988, in Alliance’s keynote post-Anglo Irish Agreement document, “Governing with Consent”, Alderdice called for a devolved power-sharing government based on a voluntary coalition elected by a qualified majority vote. Throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, Alliance’s vote across Northern Ireland stabilised at between 6% and 8%.

Alderdice was born to the Rev. David Alderdice and Annie Margaret Helena Shields. He was educated at Ballymena Academy and the Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) where he studied medicine and qualified in 1978. In 1977 he married Joan Hill, with whom he has two sons and one daughter. He worked part- time as a consultant psychiatrist in psychotherapy in the NHS from 1988 until he retired from psychiatric practice in 2010. He also lectured at Queen’s University’s Faculty of Medicine between 1991 and 1999.

John Alderdice, Baron Alderdice Net Worth

John Alderdice, Baron Alderdice is one of the richest Former from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, John Alderdice, Baron Alderdice 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

John Thomas Alderdice, Baron Alderdice (born 28 March 1955) is a Northern Ireland politician. He was Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly 1998–2004, leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 1987–1998, and since 1996 has sat in the House of Lords as a Liberal Democrat.

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He was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly for Belfast East in 1998 and became the assembly’s first speaker, serving until 2004. Mo Mowlam said that Alderdice’s “political and parliamentary experience mean that he is well suited to carry out this role”. Alderdice was a Belfast City councillor from 1989 until 1997. He resigned as party leader in 1998 to take the position of Speaker. He was a member of the Independent Monitoring Commission from 2004 to 2011.

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John Ranked on the list of most popular Former. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. John Alderdice, Baron Alderdice celebrates birthday on March 28 of every year.

He was elected president of Liberal International in 2005 and served until Liberal International’s Cairo congress in 2009. He was succeeded by Dutch politician Hans van Baalen.