Education
Queen"s University Belfast.
Queen"s University Belfast.
At the same time, it was announced that David Trimble, former Member of Parliament and former leader of the Ulster Unionists, was also being appointed as a working life peer. Browne was raised to the peerage as Baron Browne of Belmont, of Belmont in County Antrim on 12 June 2006. In 2007 he was elected in the Assembly elections for the East Belfast seat.
Browne is a graduate of Queen"s University, Belfast, and is a retired school teacher.
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He was Lord Mayor of Belfast in 2005-2006, and it was announced on 11 April 2006 that he would be one of the first three members of the Democratic Unionist Party to be created a life peer, giving the party its first representation in the House of Lords. He has been a member of Belfast City Council for the Victoria electoral area since 1985.