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Name: Mr Jim Wilson
Party: Ulster Unionist Party
Constituency: South Antrim
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Place and Date of Birth: Antrim
15.12.41
Married: Yes to Muriel
Family: 1 Son 1 Daughter
Education:

Ballyclare High School
Belfast College of Technology

Occupation and brief
outline of career:

Harland & Wolff Ltd - (Apprentice Engineer), 1958-1962
Portline Ltd - Merchant Navy Engineer (Deep Sea), 1962-1964
British Enkalon Ltd - Engineer (Assistant Head of Engineer Planning Department),1964-1973
Smyth & Wilson - Partner, Retail Grocery and CTN Business, 1972-1988
Ulster Unionist Party- Chief Executive, 1987-1998

Brief outline of public/
political career:
Elected to Newtownabbey Borough Council, 1975 Resigned, 1988
Member of the Ulster Unionist Party since 1976
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1998 - present
Ulster Unionist Party Chief Whip of the Assembly Party, 1998-2002
Deputy Speaker, Northern Ireland Assembly, 2002 - 2003
Member of the Ulster Unionist Council
Member of the Ulster Unionist Council Executive Committee
Vice-President of South Antrim Ulster Unionist Association
Other memberships/ interests/
achievements/ awards:
Memberships
Member of Kilbride Parish Church
Member of various Angling Clubs
Member of Board of Governors, Kilbride Primary School
Member of the Northern Ireland Water Council
Board Member - Bann Systems Ltd
Board Member - Countryside Alliance in Northern Ireland