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Eamonn ONeill MLA
Name: Eamonn Gerrard ONeill
Party: Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)
Constituency: South Down
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Place and Date of Birth Emyvale, Co Monaghan
15.09.44
Married: Yes
Family: Sons 3
Daughters 4
Education: St Malachy's Primary School, Armagh
St Patrick's College, Armagh
St Mary's College, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham
Open University
Occupation and brief outline of career: Schoolteacher, 1968-1998
Vice-Principal, 1989-1998
Brief outline of public/political career
(Members of council, public body, chairman, mayor) please give dates.
Down District Councillor, 1977-present
Chairman, 1985-1986
Leader of SDLP Council Group on Down Council, 1987-present
Member of East Border Region Committee, 1977-present
Member of N. Ireland Housing Executive, 1980-1994
Chairman of Castlewellan Regeneration, 1991-present
Board Member of N. Ireland Housing Executive, 1995-1998
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1998-present
Chairperson of Assembly Committee for Culture, Arts and Leisure
Member of Assembly Social Development Committee
Other memberships/ interests/ achievements/ awards (political, community, sporting, public service) please give dates.: Memberships
Former Member of the Board of the NI Housing Executive
Chairman Castlewellan Regeneration Ltd

Interests
Reading
Walking
Gardening