Graham Shields

Graham Shields
OBE
Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland
In office
11 October 2010 – 31 January 2017

Graham Shields OBE was the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland from 11 October 2010 to 31 January 2017, having previously been Assistant Chief Electoral Officer.[1] He had previously served as a police officer, reaching the senior rank of Chief Superintendent.[2]

Shields was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to electoral democracy.[3]

He is a member of Northern Ireland's Human Rights Commission.[2]

  1. ^ "Graham Shields is new NI chief electoral officer". BBC News. 16 July 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission - Graham Shields". NIHRC. Archived from the original on 11 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  3. ^ "No. 61962". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 2017. p. B14.