Simon Hamilton

Infobox Politician | name=Simon Hamilton, MLA


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term_start=2007
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birth_date=birth date and age|1977|3|17
birth_place=Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland
constituency=Strangford
party=Democratic Unionist Party
office=MLA
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website=http://www.simonhamilton.org/index.htm

Simon Hamilton MLA is a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland. He was elected in 2007 to the Northern Ireland Assembly as a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) member for Strangford.

Hamilton was educated at Regent House School and Queen's University, Belfast holding degrees in history/politics and law. He served as Chairman of the Queen's Unionist Association and as a member of Queen's University Senate.

He began his career as an auditor with an accountancy firm in Belfast and has been employed as the DUP's Press Officer since 2003.

He was elected to Ards Borough Council in 2005. [http://www.ards-council.gov.uk/the-council/elected-members/councillor-simon-hamilton-dup-.php]

Hamilton is Secretary of Strangford DUP Association and Vice-Chairman of Newtownards DUP Branch. He is also Deputy Master of Price’s True Blues LOL 550 and the Rising Sons of Saintfield RBP 73.

External links

* [http://www.dup.org.uk/CanProfile.asp?CandidateID=39 DUP profile]