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Norman Hillis

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Norman Hillis
Member of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
In office
22 May 2014 – 18 May 2023
Preceded byCouncil created
Succeeded byAllister Kyle
ConstituencyCauseway
Member of Coleraine Borough Council
In office
19 May 1993 – 22 May 2014
Preceded byWilliam Glenn
Succeeded byCouncil abolished
ConstituencyThe Skerries
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for East Londonderry
In office
26 November 2003 – 7 March 2007
Preceded byBoyd Douglas
Succeeded byAdrian McQuillan
Personal details
BornCounty Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Political partyUlster Unionist Party
Websitehttp://www.normanhillis.com

Cllr Norman Hillis was an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician and businessman who was a Causeway Coast and Glens Councillor for the Causeway DEA from 2014 to 2023, and a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for East Londonderry from 2003 to 2007.

Career

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Hillis was educated at Coleraine Academical Institution and the former Coleraine Technical College and has been active in the business community of Portrush where he has been president of the resort's Chamber of Commerce and Coleraine Lions Club. From 2014 to 2023, he was a UUP councillor on Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council (Formerly Coleraine Borough Council), having first been elected in 1993, and was Mayor of Coleraine from 1999 to 2000, and from 2010–11.[1]

In 2003, Hillis was elected as a member for the Northern Ireland Assembly constituency of East Londonderry, but lost his seat in the 2007 election.[2] He is UUP Representative on the Confederation of European Councillors and spokesperson for the party on matters relating to North/South and East/West issues.[3]

Hillis is a Member of Coleraine's District Policing Partnership (DPP) and is a Justice of the Peace. He is a former Chairman of the Coleraine branch of the Ulster Young Unionist Council.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ Profile, ark.ac.uk; accessed 28 July 2016.
  2. ^ Profile, eoni.org.uk; accessed 28 July 2016.
  3. ^ Profile, europeancouncillors.com; accessed 28 July 2016.
  4. ^ "DUP has made complete mess of unionism, says former UUP MLA Norman Hillis" – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
Civic offices
Preceded by Mayor of Coleraine
1999–2000
Succeeded by
Liz Johnston
Northern Ireland Assembly
Preceded by MLA for Londonderry, East
2003–2007
Succeeded by