George Ennis
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Alderman
George Ennis (born 9 February 1953) is a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland
.
He is a former Democratic Unionist Party
(DUP) politician first elected to Ards (borough) in 1993 and was Mayor of Ards in 1998-1999.
Ennis was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly
in 2003 for the constituency of Strangford
for the DUP.
In February 2007, Ennis defected from the DUP to the UK Unionist Party
(UKUP). He stood for the Strangford seat on a UKUP ticket but lost his seat. Following the demise of UKUP, Ennis sat as an independent councillor in Ards before joing the Traditional Unionist Voice
on 15 September 2009.
He is Vice Chair of the Northern Ireland Building Regulations Council, a Board member of SEELB and Chair of the Northern Ireland Strategic Waste Partnership.
Ennis is a member of the Greenwell Street Presbyterian Church.
Alderman
An alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law. The term may be titular, denoting a high-ranking member of a borough or county council, a council member chosen by the elected members themselves rather than by popular vote, or a council...
George Ennis (born 9 February 1953) is a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
.
He is a former Democratic Unionist Party
Democratic Unionist Party
The Democratic Unionist Party is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Founded by Ian Paisley and currently led by Peter Robinson, it is currently the largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly and the fourth-largest party in the House of Commons of the...
(DUP) politician first elected to Ards (borough) in 1993 and was Mayor of Ards in 1998-1999.
Ennis was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly
Northern Ireland Assembly
The Northern Ireland Assembly is the devolved legislature of Northern Ireland. It has power to legislate in a wide range of areas that are not explicitly reserved to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and to appoint the Northern Ireland Executive...
in 2003 for the constituency of Strangford
Strangford (UK Parliament constituency)
Strangford is a Parliamentary Constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons.-Boundaries:The seat was created in boundary changes in 1983, as part of an expansion of Northern Ireland's constituencies from 12 to 17, and was predominantly made up from parts of North Down...
for the DUP.
In February 2007, Ennis defected from the DUP to the UK Unionist Party
UK Unionist Party
The UK Unionist Party was a small unionist political party operating in Northern Ireland from 1995 to 2008. It was nominally formed by Robert McCartney, formerly of the Ulster Unionist Party, to contest a by-election the North Down by-election, 1995 and then further constituted to contest the 1996...
(UKUP). He stood for the Strangford seat on a UKUP ticket but lost his seat. Following the demise of UKUP, Ennis sat as an independent councillor in Ards before joing the Traditional Unionist Voice
Traditional Unionist Voice
Traditional Unionist Voice is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland founded on 7 December 2007, as an anti-St Andrews Agreement splinter group from the Democratic Unionist Party . Its first and current leader is Jim Allister who, until 2009, sat as an independent Member of the European...
on 15 September 2009.
He is Vice Chair of the Northern Ireland Building Regulations Council, a Board member of SEELB and Chair of the Northern Ireland Strategic Waste Partnership.
Ennis is a member of the Greenwell Street Presbyterian Church.
External links
- NI Assembly profile
- Strategem profile
- http://www.belfasttoday.net/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=3425&ArticleID=2045111News of his defection from The News LetterThe News LetterThe News Letter is one of Northern Ireland's main daily newspapers, published Monday to Saturday. It is the oldest English language general daily newspaper still in publication in the world, having first been printed in 1737....
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