Stephen Moutray
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Stephen Moutray | |
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![]() Moutray in 2015 | |
Member of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council | |
Assumed office December 2018 | |
Preceded by | Phillip Moutray |
Constituency | Lurgan |
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Upper Bann | |
In office 26 November 2003 – 30 March 2016 | |
Preceded by | Denis Watson |
Succeeded by | Carla Lockhart |
Mayor of Craigavon | |
In office 2010–2011 | |
Preceded by | Meta Crozier |
Succeeded by | Alan Carson |
Member of Craigavon Borough Council | |
In office 7 June 2001 – 22 May 2014 | |
Preceded by | Ruth Allen |
Succeeded by | Council abolished |
Constituency | Lurgan |
Personal details | |
Born | Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland | 25 February 1959
Nationality | British |
Political party | Democratic Unionist Party |
Spouse | Myrtle |
Children | 3 |
Residence(s) | Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland |
Website | DUP |
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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "The Northern Ireland Assembly -". www.niassembly.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 24 September 2004. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Committees". www.craigavon.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 14 May 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) – Northern Ireland". Dup.org.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
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