Billy Leonard

Billy Leonard
Member of
Coleraine Borough Council
In office
5 May 2005 – 5 May 2011
Preceded byEamon Mullan
Succeeded byCiarán Archibald
ConstituencyBann
In office
7 June 2001 – 5 May 2005
Preceded byBarbara Dempsey
Succeeded byMaura Hickey
ConstituencyThe Skerries
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for East Londonderry
In office
7 January 2010 – 25 March 2011
Preceded byFrancie Brolly
Succeeded byCathal Ó hOisín
Personal details
Born (1955-01-13) 13 January 1955
PartyIndependent Republican (since 2011)
Other political
affiliations
Sinn Féin (2004 - 2011)
SDLP (Until 2004)
SpouseValerie Leonard
Children6
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Billy Leonard (born 13 January 1955) is an Irish republican retired politician who was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for East Londonderry from 2010 to 2011. A former Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) officeholder, he then joined Sinn Féin, but is now an Independent Republican.