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Jim Wilson (Northern Ireland politician)

Jim Wilson
Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
In office
25 February 2002 – 28 April 2003
Preceded byJohn Gorman
Succeeded byDavid McClarty (2007)
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Antrim South
In office
25 June 1998 – 7 March 2007
Preceded byNew Creation
Succeeded byMitchel McLaughlin
Member of
Newtownabbey Borough Council
In office
15 May 1985 – 1988
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded byStephen Turkington
ConstituencyBallyclare
In office
18 May 1977 – 15 May 1985
Preceded bySamuel Todd
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
ConstituencyNewtownabbey Area A
Personal details
Born (1941-12-15) 15 December 1941 (age 83)
County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Political partyUlster Unionist Party (from 1978)
Other political
affiliations		Ulster Vanguard (1977)

Jim Wilson (born 15 December 1941) is a Northern Irish unionist politician who was Deputy speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly from 2002 to 2007. A member of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), he was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for South Antrim from 1998 to 2007.

Background

Born in County Antrim, Wilson attended Belfast College of Technology before becoming a marine engineer. He was elected to Newtownabbey Borough Council in 1977 for the Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party, and joined the Ulster Unionist Party the following year. However, he resigned his position on the council in 1988. He was UUP General Secretary from the late 1980s until 1998.

Wilson was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly for South Antrim in 1998 and held his seat at the 2003 election. He retired from front line politics in 2007. In March 2007 he was reappointed General Secretary of the UUP.

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Party political offices
Preceded by General Secretary of the Ulster Unionist Party
1987–1998 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Acting General Secretary of the Ulster Unionist Party
2007–2010 		Succeeded by
Northern Ireland Assembly
New assembly MLA for Antrim South
1998–2007 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
2002–2007
With: Donovan McClelland
Jane Morrice 		Succeeded by
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