Jim Wilson (Northern Ireland politician)
Jim Wilson | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Antrim South | |
| In office 25 June 1998 – 7 March 2007 | |
| Preceded by | New Creation |
| Succeeded by | Mitchel McLaughlin. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 December 1941 County Antrim, Northern Ireland |
| Political party | Ulster Unionist Party |
Jim Wilson (born 15 December 1941) is a Northern Irish politician, who was an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for South Antrim from 1998 to 2007.
Born in County Antrim, Wilson attended Belfast College of Technology before becoming a marine engineer. He was elected to Newtownabbey Borough Council in 1975 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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- 1941 births
- Living people
- Northern Ireland MLAs 1998–2003
- Northern Ireland MLAs 2003–2007
- Members of Newtownabbey Borough Council
- Politicians from County Antrim
- Ulster Unionist Party MLAs
- Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party politicians
- People from Newtownabbey