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Norman Hillis

Norman Hillis

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Cllr Norman Hillis was an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician and businessman who was a Causeway Coast and Glens Councillor for the Causeway DEA from 2014 to 2023, and a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for East Londonderry from 2003 to 2007.

Quick Facts Member of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council, Preceded by ...

Career

Hillis was educated at Coleraine Academical Institution and the former Coleraine Technical College and has been active in the business community of Portrush where he has been president of the resort's Chamber of Commerce and Coleraine Lions Club. From 2014 to 2023, he was a UUP councillor on Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council (Formerly Coleraine Borough Council), having first been elected in 1993, and was Mayor of Coleraine from 1999 to 2000, and from 2010–11.[1]

In 2003, Hillis was elected as a member for the Northern Ireland Assembly constituency of East Londonderry, but lost his seat in the 2007 election.[2] He is UUP Representative on the Confederation of European Councillors and spokesperson for the party on matters relating to North/South and East/West issues.[3]

Hillis is a Member of Coleraine's District Policing Partnership (DPP) and is a Justice of the Peace. He is a former Chairman of the Coleraine branch of the Ulster Young Unionist Council.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Profile, ark.ac.uk; accessed 28 July 2016.
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    Profile, eoni.org.uk; accessed 28 July 2016.
  3. [3]
    Profile, europeancouncillors.com; accessed 28 July 2016.
  4. [4]
    "DUP has made complete mess of unionism, says former UUP MLA Norman Hillis" – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
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