Background
McMordie was the daughter of shipbuilder Sir William Gray, of Hartlepool, County Durham.
McMordie was the daughter of shipbuilder Sir William Gray, of Hartlepool, County Durham.
In 1921 she was one of two women elected to the first Parliament of Northern Ireland, she represented South Belfast. She did not stand for re-election in 1925. She was the first female High Sheriff of Belfast (in 1928).
She died, in 1942, at her daughter"s home in King"s Cliffe, Oundle.
Her brother was created a baronet in 1917 as Sir William Gray, 1st Baronet of Tunstall Manor, Hartlepool.