Adrian McQuillan, (8 June 1965,

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) is a former Northern Irish unionist politician who was a Causeway Coast and Glens Councillor for the Bann DEA from

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. He previously served as a

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(DUP)

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(MLA) for East Londonderry from

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Career

McQuillan is a joiner by training, and was a postman for 18 years. McQuillan was first elected onto Coleraine Borough Council at the 2001 election, representing the Bann District. He was the only

(DUP) councillor to be returned in that district, following Robert Bolton's unsuccessful candidacy as an

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. McQuillan was re-elected to the council in

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. He was later elected to the

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as one of three DUP MLAs for East Londonderry at the 2007 election, but lost his seat in the 2017 Northern Ireland Assembly election. He was elected to

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for the Bann District in the 2019 Northern Ireland local elections. In January 2023, after falling out with the DUP leadership over bullying allegations, he resigned from the party to sit as an Independent. He stood for re-election in the local elections that same year, but was unsuccessful.

Personal life

He is a member of Moneydig Presbyterian Church.Profile
, niassembly.gov.uk; accessed 28 July 2016.

References

External links

Profile
, BBC.co.uk
councillor.info profile
1965 births Living people People from Ballymoney Place of birth missing (living people) Democratic Unionist Party MLAs Northern Ireland MLAs 2007–2011 Northern Ireland MLAs 2011–2016 Northern Ireland MLAs 2016–2017 Presbyterians from Northern Ireland Members of Coleraine Borough Council {{Northern-Ireland-MLA-stub