| Name: |
Mr Jim Wells |
| Party: |
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) |
| Constituency: |
South Down
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| Place and Date of Birth: |
Lurgan, Co Armagh
27.04.57 |
| Married: |
Yes |
| Family: |
Sons 1
Daughters 2 |
| Education: |
Queens University, Belfast, 1975-1982
BA (Hons) Geography, 1979
Diploma in Town and Country Planning, 1981 |
| Occupation and brief outline of career: |
Assistant Regional Public Affairs Manager for the National Trust, 1989-1998
Qualified Town Planner
Also worked for Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and Association of Lough Neagh Users |
Brief outline of public/political career
(Members of council, public body, chairman, mayor) please give dates. |
Member of Down District Council
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1998-present
Mourne Advisory Council and Laganvalley Regional Park Committee Housing Benefit Review Board Member, 1981-2001 (Chairman, 1995-2001)
Former Member of South-Eastern Education and Library Board, 1981-82
Former Member of Banbridge Borough Council, 1985-1988
Chairman of Housing Benefit Review Board, 1994-1998
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| Other memberships/ interests/ achievements/ awards (political, community, sporting, public service) please give dates.: |
Memberships
Assistant Secretary Democratic Unionist Party
Secretary DUP Assembly Group
Interests
Hill Walking, Bird watching, Nature Conservation and Animal Welfare
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