Jane Morrice

Jane Morrice
Deputy speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
In office
31 January 2000 – 28 April 2003
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byFrancie Molloy (2006)
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for North Down
In office
25 June 1998 – 26 November 2003
Preceded byNew Creation
Succeeded byAlex Easton
Personal details
Born (1954-05-11) 11 May 1954 (age 70)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Political partyNI Women's Coalition (1996–2006)
Other political
affiliations		Independent
ResidenceBangor, County Down
Alma materUniversity of Ulster

Jane Morrice (born 11 May 1954) is a Northern Irish politician and journalist who helped architect the Good Friday Agreement.[1][2] She is the former Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, former Head of the European Commission Office in Northern Ireland and former reporter for BBC Belfast.[3][4] Morrice was Vice President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) from 2013 to 2015 and again from 2019 until 2020 when Brexit forced the United Kingdom out of the European Union.[5] Morrice served two terms as Deputy Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Equality Commission and was a prominent member of the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition until it ceased to exist in 2006.

Morrice was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in June 1998 and was appointed Deputy Speaker in February 2000. She has represented NI interests as an EESC Member in Brussels since 2006 and, after many decades as a Member of the European Movement Northern Ireland, she was nominated Hon. President.

Morrice was involved in the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement and was a member of the Standing Orders Committee which set the initial rules governing Assembly procedures post-devolution. She was also a member of the Assembly's Trade and Industry Committee and the Public Accounts Committee.

  1. ^ Casale, Roger (12 May 2019). "Jane Morrice, Independent, Northern Ireland". neweuropeans.net. Archived from the original on 19 June 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  2. ^ Kelly, Ben (28 June 2020). "Ireland's new government fails to bring in Northern voices despite 'shared island' commitment". Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  3. ^ Rodgers, Fionnbharr (10 June 2019). ""There's a lot still to do." An interview with Jane Morrice". Northern Slant. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  4. ^ "European election: Former Women's Coalition leader Jane Morrice launches campaign". www.newsletter.co.uk. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  5. ^ "The EESC bids farewell to its British members with the promise of maintaining close ties with UK civil society". European Economic and Social Committee. 23 January 2020. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2020.