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Stephen Moutray

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Stephen Moutray
Moutray in 2015
Member of
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council
Assumed office
December 2018
Preceded byPhillip Moutray
ConstituencyLurgan
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Upper Bann
In office
26 November 2003 – 30 March 2016
Preceded byDenis Watson
Succeeded byCarla Lockhart
Mayor of Craigavon
In office
2010–2011
Preceded byMeta Crozier
Succeeded byAlan Carson
Member of
Craigavon Borough Council
In office
7 June 2001 – 22 May 2014
Preceded byRuth Allen
Succeeded byCouncil abolished
ConstituencyLurgan
Personal details
Born (1959-02-25) 25 February 1959 (age 65)
Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
NationalityBritish
Political partyDemocratic Unionist Party
SpouseMyrtle
Children3
Residence(s)Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
WebsiteDUP

Alderman Stephen William Moutray (born 25 February 1959) is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician, serving as an Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Councillor for the Lurgan DEA since December 2018. He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Upper Bann from 2003 to 2016.[1] Moutray was also a Lurgan councillor on Craigavon Borough Council, from 2001 to 2014, where he served as Mayor from 2010 to 2011.

Career

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Moutray was first elected to Craigavon Borough Council, in the 2001 local elections, representing the Lurgan District. He was a member of all the major committees and additionally served as vice-chairman of Environmental Health Committee. [2]

He was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly at the 2003 election for Upper Bann.

Moutray stood down from the Assembly at the 2016 election.

He was later co-opted to the Lurgan District on Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council in December 2018, succeeding Phillip Moutray.

Moutray was subsequently re-elected to the council at the 2019 council election, as well as in 2023.

Personal life

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Moutray was educated at Lurgan Junior High School and Lurgan College. After which he worked in his family business and then in the postal service. He has been a member of the Democratic Unionist Party since 1979. Married with 3 children, he has keen interest in golf, walking and cycling.[3] He is an active member of the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster.

References

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  1. ^ "The Northern Ireland Assembly -". www.niassembly.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 24 September 2004. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Committees". www.craigavon.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 14 May 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) – Northern Ireland". Dup.org.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
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Northern Ireland Assembly
Preceded by MLA for Upper Bann
2003–2016
Succeeded by
Civic offices
Preceded by
Meta Crozier
Mayor of Craigavon
2010–2011
Succeeded by
Alan Carson