Harry Harvey (politician)

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Harry Harvey is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician, who has been a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Strangford since 2019.

Born in Crossgar, Northern Ireland, Harvey is the son of politician Cecil Harvey. He worked at Bells Crossgar Motors for twenty years.[1][2]

At the 2014 Northern Ireland local elections, Harvey was elected to represent the Rowallane area on Newry and Mourne District Council, for the Democratic Unionist Party. In September 2019, he was co-opted to represent the Strangford constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly, replacing Simon Hamilton. [1][2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Ainsworth, Paul (7 September 2019). "Newry and Mourne councillor Harry Harvey named as DUP replacement for Simon Hamilton as Strangford MLA". Irish News. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b "DUP announce Harry Harvey as MLA replacing Simon Hamilton". Belfast Telegraph. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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