Name: Rt Hon Dr John D.Taylor Party: Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) Constituency: Strangford Contact Address: Constituency Office Address: Telephone Number: E-Mail Address:   Place and Date of Birth Northern Ireland 24.12.37 Married: To Mary Frances (30 December, 1970) Family: Sons 1 Daughters 5 Education: Royal School, Armagh Queens University, Belfast (BSc) Occupation and brief outline of career: Company Director Chairman- Alpha Newspaper Group in Northern Ireland Brief outline of public/political career (Members of council, public body, chairman, mayor) please give dates. Member of Northern Ireland Parliament, 1965-1973 Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Northern Ireland, 1969-1970 Minister of State, Home Affairs, Northern Ireland, 1970-1972 Member of NI Assembly, 1973-1975 Member of the NI Convention, 1976-1977 Member of NI Assembly, 1982-1986 Northern Ireland MEP, 1979-1989 Member of Castlereagh Borough Council, 1989-1997 Member of Parliament for Strangford since 1983 Deputy Leader of Ulster Unionist Party since 1995 Member of the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue, 1996-1998 Member of Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe since 1997 Member of W.E.U. Assembly in Paris since 1997 Member of the New Northern Ireland Assembly since 1998 Other memberships/ interests/ achievements/ awards (political, community, sporting, public service) please give dates.: Memberships Chairman: Gosford Housing Association Governor: The Royal School, Armagh City Member: Ballybeen Square Regeneration Board Member: Royal Horticultural Society Board Member: Charles Sheil's Charity Homes Elder: Presbyterian Church in Ireland Privy Councillor: 1970-present