Joan Carson (born 29 January 1935) is a former Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician in Northern Ireland who was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Fermanagh and South Tyrone from 1998 to 2003.
Born in Enniskillen, Carson studied at Enniskillen Collegiate School and Stranmillis College before working as a teacher.
In 1997 she was elected to Dungannon Borough Council for the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), and at the 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election, she was elected in Fermanagh and South Tyrone.
[1] Carson stood down from her council seat in 2001[2] and from her Assembly seat at the 2003 election.
[3] She is currently a UUP party officer.