Jim Wilson (Northern Ireland politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Jim Wilson (Northern Ireland politician)

UK politician

Date of Birth: 15-Dec-1941

Place of Birth: County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Profession: politician

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Jim Wilson (Northern Ireland politician)

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

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