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 Name: Mr Michael Copeland
Party: Ulster Unionist Party
Constituency: Belfast East
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Place and Date of Birth: Belfast.
23.06.54.
Married: Yes.
Family: 1 Son 1 Daughter
Education:

Lisnasharragh Primary School.
Lisnasharragh Secondary School.
Castlereagh College.
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
Occupation and brief
outline of career:

Company Director.
Apprentice joiner.
Officer Ulster Defence Regiment.
Company Director.
Brief outline of public/
political career: 		May 01 Elected Castlereagh Borough Council.
May 02 Elected Deputy Mayor of Castlereagh.
2002 Elected chairman of Castlereagh District Policing Partnership.
November 03 Elected to Northern Ireland Assembly (East Belfast).
Other memberships/ interests/
achievements/ awards:

1972 Joined Orange Institution.
1975 Ulster Defence Regiment.
1976 Joined Royal Black Institution.
1985 Royal British Legion.
2000 Ulster Unionist Party.

Interests: Local history, military history, Ulster Scots heritage, social reform, community relations, education and health.