Grace Bannister

Grace Bannister
OBE
39th Lord Mayor of Belfast
In office
1 June 1981 – 1 June 1982
DeputyFrank MIllar
Preceded byJohn Carson
Succeeded byThomas Patton
1st Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast
In office
1 June 1975 – 1 June 1977
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byDorothy Dunlop
Member of
Belfast City Council
In office
1965–1985
Personal details
Born
Grace Johnson

Ravenhill, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Political partyUlster Unionist Party
Spouse
John Bannister
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(m. 1948)​
Children1

Grace Bannister OBE JP (née Johnson; 1924–1986)[1] was a Northern Irish Unionist politician. She was the first female Lord Mayor of Belfast.

  1. ^ Flackes, William D.; Elliott, Sydney (1989). Northern Ireland, a political directory, 1968-88. Blackstaff Press. p. 74. ISBN 9780856404184. Retrieved 17 February 2019.