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John Gorman MLA
Name: Sir John Gorman CVO, CBE, MC, DL
Party: Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
Constituency: North Down
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Place and Date of Birth: Omagh
1.02.23
Married: Yes
Family: Sons 2
Daughters 2
Education: Loretta Convent, Omagh
Rockport School Haileybury & ISC
Portora Royal School, Enniskillen
Glasgow University
Harvard Business School
Occupation and brief outline of career: Captain Irish Guards, 1944-1946
District Inspector of RUC, 1946-1969
Chief of Security BOAC, 1960-1963
Personnel Director & Member of Board of Management BOAC, 1964-1969
Regional Manager B.A. 1969-1979
President British Canadian Trade Association, 1972-1974
Vice-Chairman Federated Appeal of Montreal, 1973-1974
Vice Chairman & Chief Executive Northern Ireland Housing Executive, 1979-1985
Director Institute of Directors, 1986-1995
Director N.I. Airports Board, 1985-1992
Brief outline of public/political career
(Members of council, public body, chairman, mayor) please give dates.
Elected to Northern Ireland Forum, 1996
Served as Chairman, 1996-1998
Member of the New Northern Ireland Assembly, 1998
Elected Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Jan 2000
Other memberships/ interests/ achievements/ awards (political, community, sporting, public service) please give dates. Knighted in the Queen's Birthday List, 1998