Ken Robinson (Northern Ireland politician)

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Ken Robinson
Mayor of Newtownabbey
In office
1991–1992
Member of Newtownabbey Borough Council
In office
15 May 1985 – 22 May 2014
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded byCouncil abolished
ConstituencyUniversity
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Antrim East
In office
25 June 1998 – 5 May 2011
Preceded byNew Creation
Succeeded byOliver McMullan
Personal details
Born(1942-06-02)June 2, 1942
DiedOctober 4, 2022(2022-10-04) (aged 80)
Jordanstown, Northern Ireland
Political partyUlster Unionist Party
Alma materQueen's University, Belfast
WebsiteKen Robinson

Ken Robinson (born 1942) was an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician who was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for East Antrim from 1998 to 2011.

Education[edit]

He was educated at Ballyclare High School, Queen's University, Belfast and Stranmillis College. Before entering politics, he was Head of Cavehill Primary School.

Political career[edit]

Robinson was a former Newtownabbey Borough Councillor (1985–1993 and 1995–1997). He has served as both Mayor (1991–1992) and Deputy-Mayor, and was Vice Chair of the Economic Development Committee (1995–1998).

He was first elected an MLA in 1998, and re-elected in 2003 and 2007.

He was a member of the Committee of the Centre and the Education Committee in the 1998–2003 Assembly. Robinson was a member of the Committee for Culture, Arts and Leisure and the Committee on Procedures until his retirement from Stormont in March 2011. This followed on from his announcement in September 2010 that he was not seeking re-selection from the Ulster Unionist East Antrim Constituency Association.

On 20 September 2010, he announced his retirement from the Assembly, telling his constituency association in East Antrim that he would not be putting his name forward for next years assembly elections.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "BBC News – Ulster Unionist MLA Ken Robinson to retire". BBC News. BBC News. 3 October 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2012.

External links[edit]

Civic offices
Preceded by Mayor of Newtownabbey
1991–1992
Succeeded by
Arthur Templeton
Northern Ireland Assembly
New assembly MLA for East Antrim
1998–2011
Succeeded by