Linda Dillon

Linda Dillon (Irish: Líonda Diolún; born 5 August 1978) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician from Northern Ireland, serving as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Mid Ulster since 2016.^[1]

Linda Dillon MLA
Dillon in 2023
Member of the Legislative Assembly for Mid Ulster
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 May 2016
Preceded by	Martin McGuinness
Chair of Mid-Ulster District Council
In office April 2015 – May 2016
Member of Mid-Ulster District Council
In office 22 May 2014 – 5 May 2016
DEA	Torrent
Preceded by	Council established
Succeeded by	Niamh Doris
Personal details
Born	(1978-08-05) 5 August 1978 (age 47) South Armagh, Northern Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Party	Sinn Féin
Spouse	Gerard
Children	1
Residence	Coalisland
Profession	Politician
Website	Official website

Political career

Originally elected as a Mid-Ulster councillor for the Torrent DEA (topping the poll with 14.8% of the total valid votes), she served as the inaugural chairperson of Mid-Ulster District Council since its inception in April 2015 and also sat on the Council's Development Committee until being elected to Stormont in May 2016.

As Martin McGuinness elected to run in the Foyle constituency in the 2016 Assembly election, Linda was then selected to replace him as a candidate in the Mid-Ulster constituency.^[1] She was elected with her two other party colleagues (Ian Milne and Michelle O'Neill) on the first count, amassing 5,833 votes (14.3%).^[2]