Harry Harvey (politician)

Harry Harvey is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician, serving as a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Strangford since 2019. He is the DUP Spokesperson for Cultural Development and Loyal Orders and Groups Engagement.^[1] He was a Newry, Mourne and Down Councillor for the Rowallane DEA from 2014 to 2019.

Harry Harvey MLA
Harvey in 2021
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Strangford
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 September 2019
Preceded by	Simon Hamilton
Member of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
In office 22 May 2014 – 7 September 2019
Preceded by	William Dick
Succeeded by	Kathryn Owen
Constituency	Rowallane
Personal details
Born	Crossgar, Northern Ireland
Political party	Democratic Unionist Party
Website	Harry Harvey MLA

Background

Born in Crossgar, Harvey is the son of politician Cecil Harvey. He worked at Bells Crossgar Motors for twenty years.^[2][3]

At the 2014 Northern Ireland local elections, Harvey was elected to represent the Rowallane area on Newry and Mourne District Council, and was later re-elected in 2019. In September 2019, he was co-opted to represent the Strangford constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly, replacing Simon Hamilton. ^[2][3]