Ross Hussey is a unionist politician

Politician

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 in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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Born in Omagh

Omagh

Omagh is the county town of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated where the rivers Drumragh and Camowen meet to form the Strule. The town, which is the largest in the county, had a population of 19,910 at the 2001 Census. Omagh also contains the headquarters of Omagh District Council and...

, the younger brother of former Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly Derek Hussey

Derek Hussey

Derek Robert Hussey is a Ulster Unionist politician from Northern IrelandHussey was educated at Omagh Model School, Omagh Academy and Stranmillis College, Belfast. He previously was a teacher at Castlederg High School.In 1989 he was elected as councillor on Strabane District Council...

, Ross joined the Ulster Unionist Party

Ulster Unionist Party

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 in 1997 and was elected to Omagh District Council

Omagh District Council

Omagh District Council is a local council in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland. Its headquarters is in the town of Omagh, which is the traditional county town of Tyrone. The council area is about , making it the second largest local council area in Northern Ireland with a population of just over...

 in 2005. He later attempted to campaign using an image of Peter Griffin

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, after being told that he resembled the cartoon character. Speaking to BBC News

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, he claimed that he shared "certain character traits" with Griffin.

Hussey studied history, and then law as a mature student with the Open University

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. At the 2010 UK general election, he stood in West Tyrone

West Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)

West Tyrone is a county constituency in Northern Ireland, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post voting system.-Boundaries:...

 for Ulster Conservatives and Unionists - New Force, taking third place, with 14.2% of the vote. At the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2011, he won a seat in West Tyrone

West Tyrone (Assembly constituency)

West Tyrone is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Forum in 1996...

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