Jonathan Craig | |
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Member of Lisburn City and Castlereagh District Council | |
Assumed office 2 June 2016 | |
Preceded by | Jennifer Palmer |
Constituency | Lisburn North |
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Lagan Valley | |
In office 7 March 2007 –6 May 2016 | |
Preceded by | Norah Beare |
Succeeded by | Jennifer Palmer |
Member of Lisburn City Council | |
In office 7 June 2001 –22 May 2014 | |
Preceded by | William Beattie |
Succeeded by | Council abolished |
Constituency | Lisburn Town North |
Personal details | |
Born | Lisburn,Northern Ireland | 2 February 1965
Nationality | British |
Political party | Democratic Unionist Party |
Spouse | Yvonne Strong |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | University of Ulster |
Profession | Engineer |
Jonathan Craig is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician,serving as a Lisburn and Castlereagh Councillor for the Lisburn North DEA since 2016. Craig was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Lagan Valley from 2007 to 2016.
Craig was educated at Dromore High School,Friends School and is a graduate of the University of Ulster. He was first elected to Lisburn City Council in 2001,representing the Lisburn Town North District,and served as Mayor of Lisburn from 2005 to 2006.[ citation needed ]
He was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly at the 2007 Assembly election for Lagan Valley.
Craig was later re-elected to the Assembly in 2011,and Lisburn City Council in the local elections held the same day.
As an MLA,Craig was a Political Member of the Northern Ireland Policing Board. [1]
At the 2016 Assembly election,he lost his seat to his running mate,Brenda Hale.
Following his defeat at the Assembly election,Craig was co-opted onto Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council for the Lisburn North District;he was re-elected in 2019 and 2023.
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