Derek Hussey

Derek Hussey
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for West Tyrone
In office 25 June 1998 – 7 March 2007
Preceded by	New Creation
Succeeded by	Allan Bresland
Personal details
Born	12 September 1948 (1948-09-12) (age 63) Padstow, Cornwall
Political party	Ulster Unionist Party
Website	http://www.uup.org/

Derek Robert Hussey (born 12 September 1948, Padstow, Cornwall, UK) is a Ulster Unionist politician from Northern Ireland

Hussey was educated at Omagh Model School, Omagh Academy and Stranmillis College, Belfast. He previously was a teacher at Castlederg High School.

In 1989 he was elected as councillor on Strabane District Council.^[1] In 2007 he was elected Chairman of the council. In the 1996 election to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum, Hussey was elected as representative for West Tyrone.

In 1998 he was elected as MLA to the Northern Ireland Assembly and re-elected in 2003.^[2] He was an outgoing candidate in the 2007 Assembly elections, but lost his seat. His brother, Ross Hussey, re-took the seat in 2011.

He is the Ulster Unionist spokesperson on Victims Issues.^[3]

He also has a special interest in regional development, Ulster-Scots and the Orange Order.

Trivia

He was a member of a country and western music band and was known to wear cowboy boots in the 1998-2003 Assembly.^[4]

References

1. ^ http://www.strabanedc.com/council/councillors/
2. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/northern_ireland/html/718.stm
3. ^ http://uuptoday.org/newsroom/author/derek-hussey/
4. ^ http://www.stratagem-ni.com/westtyronemlas.php

External links

• NI Assembly biography
• UUP website

Northern Ireland Assembly
Preceded by New creation	MLA for Tyrone, West 1998 - 2007	Succeeded by Allan Bresland

Persondata
Name	Hussey, Derek
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Date of birth	12 September 1948
Place of birth	Padstow, Cornwall
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