Chris Hazzard

Chris Hazzard
Hazzard in 2023
Member of Parliament
for South Down
Assumed office
8 June 2017
Preceded byMargaret Ritchie
Majority9,280 (20.5%)
Member of the Legislative Assembly
for South Down
In office
13 April 2012 – 9 June 2017
Preceded byWillie Clarke
Succeeded byEmma Rogan
Minister for Infrastructure
In office
25 May 2016 – 26 January 2017
Preceded byMichelle McIlveen
Succeeded byNichola Mallon
Personal details
Born
Christopher John Hazzard

(1984-08-20) 20 August 1984 (age 40)
Drumaness, Northern Ireland
Political partySinn Féin
Alma materQueen's University Belfast

Christopher John Hazzard (born 20 August 1984)[1] is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Down since the 2017 United Kingdom general election, when he defeated incumbent Margaret Ritchie of the Social Democratic and Labour Party.[2][3][4][5] Due to Sinn Féin's policy of abstentionism with regard to the Westminster Parliament, Hazzard has not taken his seat.

  1. ^ Brunskill, Ian (19 March 2020). The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. HarperCollins Publishers Limited. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574.
  2. ^ "Hazzard, Chris, (born 20 Aug. 1984), MP (SF) South Down, since 2017". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2017. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u265088. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Contact information for Chris Hazzard - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  4. ^ McGonagle, Suzanne (9 June 2017). "Constituency Profile: Chris Hazzard wins South Down". The Irish News. Archived from the original on 17 July 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  5. ^ BBC