Harry Harvey is a

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(DUP) politician, serving as a

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(MLA) for

Strangford Strangford (from Old Norse ''Strangr fjörðr'', meaning "strong sea-inlet") is a small village at the mouth of Strangford Lough, on the Lecale peninsula in County Down, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 475 at the 2001 census. On th ...

since 2019. He is the DUP Spokesperson for Cultural Development and Loyal Orders and Groups Engagement. He was a Newry, Mourne and Down Councillor for the Rowallane DEA from

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to 2019.

Background

Born in Crossgar, Harvey is the son of politician Cecil Harvey. He worked at Bells Crossgar Motors for twenty years. At the

2014 Northern Ireland local elections Local elections were held in Northern Ireland on Thursday 22 May 2014, contesting 462 seats in all, as part of the wider 2014 United Kingdom local elections, local elections across the United Kingdom. The election took place on the same day as t ...

, Harvey was elected to represent the Rowallane area on

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, and was later re-elected in

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. In September 2019, he was co-opted to represent the

constituency in the

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, replacing Simon Hamilton.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Harvey, Harry Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Democratic Unionist Party councillors Democratic Unionist Party MLAs Northern Ireland MLAs 2017–2022 Politicians from County Down Northern Ireland MLAs 2022–2027