Jim Wilson (Northern Ireland politician)

Jim Wilson (born 15 December 1941) is a Northern Irish politician.

Jim Wilson
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Antrim South
In office
25 June 1998 – 7 March 2007
Preceded byNew Creation
Succeeded byMitchel McLaughlin.
Personal details
Born (1941-12-15) 15 December 1941
County Antrim
Political partyUlster Unionist Party

Born in County Antrim, Wilson attended Belfast College of Technology before becoming a marine engineer. He was elected to Newtownabbey Borough Council in 1975 for the Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party, and joined the Ulster Unionist Party the following year. However, he resigned his position on the council in 1988. He was UUP General Secretary from the late 1980s until 1998.

Wilson was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly for South Antrim in 1998 and held his seat at the 2003 election. He retired from front line politics in 2007. In March 2007 he was reappointed General Secretary of the UUP.

References
    Party political offices
    Preceded by
    Frank Millar Jr    		 General Secretary of the Ulster Unionist Party
    1987–1998    		 Succeeded by
    David Boyd
    Preceded by
    Will Corry    		 Acting General Secretary of the Ulster Unionist Party
    2007–2010    		 Succeeded by
    Colin McCusker
    Northern Ireland Assembly
    New assembly MLA for Antrim South
    1998–2007    		 Succeeded by
    Mitchel McLaughlin
    Preceded by
    Sir John Gorman    		 Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
    2002–2007
    With: Donovan McClelland
    Jane Morrice    		 Succeeded by
    Francie Molloy
    David McClarty
    John Dallat
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