Simon Hamilton

Simon Hamilton MLA
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Strangford
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 March 2007
Preceded by	George Ennis
Personal details
Born	17 March 1977 (1977-03-17) Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland
Political party	Democratic Unionist Party
Alma mater	Queen's University Belfast
Religion	Protestant
Website	http://www.simonhamilton.org

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 was employed as the DUP's Press Officer from 2003 until his election to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2007.

He was elected to Ards Borough Council in 2005 but did not stand at the 2011 Election.

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.

Outside of politics Mr Hamilton has a keen interest in the welfare of donkeys and spent every summer during his teenage years volunteering at a Donkey sanctuary in Dorset. He has carried that passion on into his politics and is one of the United Kingdom's foremost campaigner on donkey related issues. He has mixed this passion with topiary, resulting in several donkey shaped bushes in the front garden of his house.

Colleagues

Mr. Hamilton currently serves with three other MLA's from his party, the DUP (Democratic Unionist Party). The three MLA's he serves with are Jonathan Bell, Jim Shannon, and Michelle Mc'Ilveen.

External links

• DUP profile

References

Northern Ireland Assembly
Preceded by George Ennis	MLA for Strangford 2007 -	Succeeded by Incumbent