Jonathan Craig

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Jonathan Craig
Member ofLisburn City and Castlereagh District Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 June 2016
Preceded by	Jennifer Palmer
Constituency	Lisburn North
Member of theNorthern Ireland Assembly forLagan Valley
In office 7 March 2007 – 6 May 2016
Preceded by	Norah Beare
Succeeded by	Jennifer Palmer
Member ofLisburn City Council
In office 7 June 2001 – 22 May 2014
Preceded by	William Beattie
Succeeded by	Council abolished
Constituency	Lisburn Town North
Personal details
Born	(1965-02-02)2 February 1965 Lisburn,Northern Ireland
Nationality	British
Political party	Democratic Unionist Party
Spouse	Yvonne Strong
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Ulster
Profession	Engineer

Jonathan Craigis aDemocratic Unionist Party(DUP) politician, serving as aLisburn and Castlereagh Councillorfor theLisburn NorthDEA since 2016. Craig was aMember of the Legislative Assembly(MLA) forLagan Valleyfrom2007to2016.

Biography

Craig was educated at Dromore High School, Friends School and is a graduate of theUniversity of Ulster. He was first elected toLisburn City Councilin2001,representing theLisburn Town NorthDistrict, and served as Mayor of Lisburn from 2005 to 2006.

He was elected to theNorthern Ireland Assemblyat the2007 Assembly electionforLagan Valley.

Craig was later re-elected to the Assembly in2011,and Lisburn City Council in thelocal elections held the same day.

As an MLA, Craig was a Political Member of theNorthern Ireland Policing Board.

At the2016 Assembly election,he lost his seat to his running mate,Brenda Hale.

Following his defeat at the Assembly election, Craig was co-opted ontoLisburn and Castlereagh City Councilfor theLisburn NorthDistrict; he was re-elected in2019and2023.

External links

• Jonathan Craig MLA,LaganValleyDUP.co.uk
• Profile,DUP.org.uk