Harvey Bicker

Harvey Bicker

Infobox Politician
name = Harvey Bicker



order =
office = Councillor, Down District Council
termstart =
termend =
preceded =
succeeded = Peter Bowles
order2 =
office2 = Member of the President of Ireland's Council of State
termstart2 =
termend2 =
preceded2 =
succeeded2 =
date of birth =
place of birth =
date of death =
place of death =
party = Fianna Fáil (formerly Ulster Unionist Party)
spouse =
profession = Military Officer
religion = |

Colonel (Reginald) Harvey Bicker OBE TD is a Northern Irish businessman and Fianna Fáil politician from Spa, County Down, though he is originally from Lisburn. [cite news
url=http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/Shock-as-UUP-man-defects.3810293.jp
title=Shock as UUP man defects to Fianna Fáil
date=February 24, 2008
work=News Letter
accessdate=2008-02-25
] He is a member of the President of Ireland's Council of State.cite web
url= http://www.president.ie/index.php?section=19&lang=eng
title=Áras an Uachtaráin
date=
work= www.president.ie
accessdate=2008-02-25
] Bicker was formerly a councillor serving on Down District Council as a member of the Ulster Unionist Party from 1997 to 2004.cite web
url= http://www.downdc.gov.uk/minutes/C20092004Web.doc
title=Minutes of Meeting of Down District Council
date=
work= www.downdc.gov.uk
accessdate=2008-02-25
] . Peter Bowles was co-opted as the UUP's replacement on the Council [ [http://archives.tcm.ie/downdemocrat/2005/09/30/story1836.asp Down Democrat - 2005/09/30: Top Figures in the frame to replace Gerry ] ] following his appointment as Chairman of the Mourne National Park Working Party by Angela Smith [ [http://archive.nics.gov.uk/env/040810a-env.htm Bicker To Lead New National Park Body ] ] . He is noted for being the first former Ulster unionist politician to affiliate with an Irish republican party after Fianna Fáil announced their intentions to organise on an all Ireland basis. [cite news
url=http://www.irishnews.com/articles/540/5860/2008/2/23/580997_337557513010FormerUls.html
title=Former Ulster Unionist councillor defects to FF
date=February 23, 2008
work=The Irish News
accessdate=2008-02-25
]

Bicker is a retired colonel in the British Army, having served in the Royal Irish Regiment and Ulster Defense Regiment. He is a member of the Military Heritage of Ireland Trust.cite web
url= http://www.irishsoldiers.com/About%20us/about_people.htm
title=Militray Heritage of Ireland Trust
date=
work= www.irishsoldiers.com
accessdate=2008-02-25
]

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