Alex Easton MLA

Member of the Legislative Assembly

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 is a Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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 Unionist politician.

He was educated at Bangor

Bangor, County Down

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 Technical College and since 1989 he has worked in the Health Service in the accident and emergency department in Newtownards

Newtownards

Newtownards is a large town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies at the most northern tip of Strangford Lough, 10 miles east of Belfast, on the Ards Peninsula. Newtownards is the largest town in the Borough of Ards. According to the 2001 Census, it has a population of 27,821 people in...

 Hospital. He was employed at the Ulster Hospital

Ulster Hospital

The Ulster Hospital is a hospital in Dundonald in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is within the townland of Ballyregan, beside the A20 road....

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He is a Democratic Unionist Party

Democratic Unionist Party

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 politician first elected to North Down Borough Council

North Down Borough Council

North Down Borough Council is a Local Council in County Down in Northern Ireland with an overall population of around 80,000. Its main town is Bangor, 20 km east of Belfast with a population of approximately 55,000. The Council is headquartered in Bangor. Its secondary centre is the former Urban...

 in 2001.

Alex was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2003 for the constituency of North Down

North Down (Assembly constituency)

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 and returned again in 2007 and again in 2011 were he topped the poll for North Down .

He is a member of the Orange Order and the Church of Ireland

Church of Ireland

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