Roger Hutchinson

For the author and journalist, see Roger Hutchinson (writer).
Roger Hutchinson
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Antrim East
In office
25 June 1998 – 26 November 2003
Preceded by New Creation
Succeeded by Sammy Wilson
Personal details
Born (1952-06-28) 28 June 1952
Political party Democratic Unionist Party
Other political
affiliations		 UK Unionist Party (until 1999)
Northern Ireland Unionist Party (until 2000)
Religion Protestant

Roger Hutchinson (born 28 June 1952) is a former politician in Northern Ireland.

After attending Larne Technical College, Hutchinson became a religious minister. He also joined the Orange Order. He moved into business in 1990.

Hutchinson was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 1998 for the UK Unionist Party (UKUP) in East Antrim. With three of the other four UKUP members in the Assembly, he left in January 1999, disagreeing with leader Robert McCartney's policy of resigning from the Assembly should Sinn Féin become part of the power sharing executive. They formed the Northern Ireland Unionist Party (NIUP).[1]

At the end of 1999, Hutchinson was expelled from the NIUP for accepting seats on two statutory committees, against party policy.[2] He then sat as an independent Unionist. In November 2000, he joined the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), and he was elected to Newtownabbey Borough Council for the DUP in 2001.[3] He officially became part of the DUP Assembly group in April 2002.[4] However, he resigned from the DUP before the 2003 Assembly election, in which he stood in East Antrim as an independent, failing to be elected.

Hutchinson did not restand for his council seat in the 2005 elections. In January 2007 at Belfast Crown Court, he denied sexually assaulting a female council employee.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Northern Ireland Assembly Information Office. "Northern Ireland Unionist Party, Northern Ireland Assembly". Niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
  2. ↑ "CAIN: Abstracts of Organisations - 'N'". Cain.ulst.ac.uk. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
  3. ↑ Dr Nicholas Whyte. "Newtownabbey Council Elections 1993-2005". Ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
  4. ↑ Northern Ireland Assembly Information Office. "Democratic Unionist Party, Northern Ireland Assembly". Niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
  5. ↑ "UK | Northern Ireland | Ex-councillor denies sex assault". BBC News. 2007-01-15. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
Northern Ireland Assembly
Preceded by
New creation		 MLA for Antrim East
1998 - 2003 		Succeeded by
Sammy Wilson


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