Alastair Ross

Alastair Ross (born March 1981) is a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.

Ross studied at the Friends School in Lisburn and at the University of Dundee before returning to study Irish Politics at Queen's University Belfast. While there, he became a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) activist. In 2005, he began working for Sammy Wilson as a Parliamentary researcher following a spell in DUP headquarters as a press officer in the lead up and during the 2005 UK general election, and at the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007, he was the campaign manager for the party's three candidates in East Antrim, all of whom were elected.

Ross currently sits on the Employment and Learning Committee and the Standards and Privliges Committee at Stormont. He is also a member of the Management Committee of Lisnagarvey Hockey Club. His predecessor George Dawson, was one of the three DUP MLAs in East Antrim, and died shortly after the election. Ross was nominated by a closed list submitted by Dawson as his replacement.

References

* [http://u.tv/newsroom/indepth.asp?id=82212&pt=n DUP selects Dawson replacement]

External links

* [http://www.alastairross.org Official website]