Pottinger (District Electoral Area)
Pottinger was one of the nine district electoral areas in Belfast, Northern Ireland from 1985 to 2014. Located in the east of the city, the district elected six members to Belfast City Council and contained the wards of Ballymacarrett, Bloomfield, Orangefield, Ravenhill, The Mount, and Woodstock.
The name Pottinger is derived from Thomas Pottinger who was the first mayor of Belfast to be elected in the grant of a corporate charter to that town, in 1661.
The wards of Ravenhill and Woodstock were part of the Belfast South constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament, while the other four were part of the Belfast East Assembly and Parliamentary constituencies.
The district was bounded to the west by the River Lagan and the Ormeau Road, to the north by the Newtownards Road, to the east by Greenville Park and North Road and the Borough of Castlereagh to the south.
At the 2001 census the district had a Protestant majority, however there was also a large Catholic minority, particularly in areas such as the Short Strand, which is separated from the mainly unionist Cluan Place by one of the many peace lines in the district.History
The DEA was created for the 1985 local elections, when it largely replaced the former electoral Area A. Five of the six wards came from Area A with the Bloomfield ward added from Area B. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections, when all of its wards except Orangefield formed part of a new Titanic district electoral area. The Orangefield ward became part of a new Lisnasharragh district electoral area.Amenities
Amenities in the Pottinger district electoral area include:
Councillors
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| 2011 | | Máire Hendron
| | May Campbell
| | Gavin Robinson
| | John Kyle
| | Niall Ó Donnghaile
| | Adam Newton
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| 2005 | | Máire Hendron
| | May Campbell
| | Sammy Wilson
| | David Ervine
| | Reg Empey
| | Margaret McKenzie
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| 2001 | | Joseph O'Donnell
| | Harry Toan
| | Sammy Wilson
| | David Ervine
| | Reg Empey
| | Margaret Clarke
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| 1997 | | Mervyn Jones
| | Robert Clelland
| | Sammy Wilson
| | David Ervine
| | Reg Empey
| | Margaret Clarke
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| 1993 | | Mervyn Jones
| | Robert Clelland
| | Sammy Wilson
| | Jim Walker
| | Reg Empey
| | Sandy Blair
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| 1989 | | Mervyn Jones
| | Dorothy Dunlop
| | Sammy Wilson
| | Jim Walker
| | Reg Empey
| | Margaret Clarke
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| 1985 | | Mervyn Jones
| | F Leslie
| | Sammy Wilson
| | Jim Walker
| | Reg Empey
| | Margaret Clarke
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2011 elections
