Alan Kane (politician)

Alan Kane is a former Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician, barrister[1] and Queen's Counsel [2][3] from Northern Ireland.

Kane made his political debut in 1981, topping the council poll in Cookstown Town and was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly the following year for Mid Ulster.

Kane was opposed to any form of compromise with Irish Nationalist parties, attacking the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) as "republicans and subversives" [4] and stating that Catholics "support the IRA to a large extent." [5]

In 1985, he became involved in the controversy over re-routing of Orange Order marches through Nationalist areas in Cookstown, stating that one of the most senior Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) officers, Leo Dolan, "as a Roman Catholic and former neighbour of Owen Carron's family is no friend of the Protestant people." [6]

Kane quit the DUP in 1992 in protest at the party's decision to become involved in a talks process which also involved the Irish Government, and stepped down from Cookstown council the following year.

References
  1. "From Irish Political Review – July Editorial Commentary". Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 21 September 2007.
  2. ::: u.tv :::
  3. http://www.barofni.com/directory/alan-kane
  4. NI Assembly, 15 November 1983, vol 7, p914
  5. NI Assembly, 7 December 1982, vol 4, p338
  6. NI Assembly, 28 May 1985, vol 15, p397
Northern Ireland Assembly (1982)
New assembly MPA for Mid-Ulster
1982–1986		 Assembly abolished
Party political offices
Preceded by
William Beattie		 Party Secretary of the Democratic Unionist Party
1983–1992		 Succeeded by
Nigel Dodds


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