He was knighted (Knight Bachelor) in the Millennium Honours List for services to the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland.
Victims groups and Unionist politicians including Democratic Unionist Party member Arlene Foster had asked the Parades Commission to ban the parade from the area where McElwaine was killed describing him as an "evil murderer", but the Commission ruled the commemoration could proceed without any restriction.
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The violence broke out following the decision by the Parades Commission to bar Orangemen from walking past the Irish Republican Ardoyne area & Unionist Woodvale area.