Mr Ken Maginnis
MP
[MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Spokesman for Defence and Home Office]
Born: 21 January 1938 ~ Married with four children
Fermanagh & South Tyrone since 1983
Education
Carnteel Primary School (nr Aughnacloy) 1943 - 1949
Royal School Dungannon 1949 - 1955
Stranmillis Teacher Training College 1955 - 1959
Taught
Cookstown Secondary School 1959 - 1960
Drumglass Primary School, Dungannon 1960 - 1966
Pomeroy Primary School (Principal) 1966 - 1982
Elected
Dungannon District Council May 1981 - 1993
Northern Ireland Assembly Oct. 1982 - 1986
Westminster June 1993 Maj. 7,676
Other Elections
Westminster by-election Aug. 1981 defeated
Westminster by-election Jan. 1986 re-elected Maj. 12,579
Westminster election June 1987 re-elected Maj. 12,823
Westminster election April 1992 re-elected Maj. 14,113
Service
Ulster Special Constabulary 1958 - 1965
Ulster Defence Regiment 1970 - 1981
Rank
Major - commissioned 12 March 1972
(Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst)
(Warminster - Coy Cmdrs Course 1978)
Committees
House of Commons Select committee on Defence 1984 - 1985
Assembly’s Finance and Personnel Committee 1982 - 1986 (Deputy Chairman)
Assembly’s Security and Home Affairs Committee 1982 - 1986 (Chairman)
Southern Health and Social Services Board 1989 - 1991 (Chairman - F&P)
Southern Health and Social Services Council 1991 - 1993
Various Dungannon District Council 1992 (Council Chairman)
House of Commons Select Committee on Armed Forces Bill 1990
Publications
Various articles in national newspapers
“McGimpsey & McGimpsey v Ireland” (1990)
“Witness for the Prosecution” (ref. UDR 4) (1993)
Other Details
Vice -President of the Ulster Unionist Council
Member of the Executive Committee of the Ulster Unionist Party
Ulster Unionist Party Spokesman on Security
Advisor to the Royal Ulster Constabulary Federation
Director - N I Centre in Europe (NICE)
Director and Board of Management of Tyrone Economic Development Initiative
Chairman - Moygashel Regeneration Project
Special Interests
International Terrorism and Internal Security
