Derek Hussey

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

External links

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



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