Maurice Morrow, Baron Morrow
| The Right Honourable The Lord Morrow | |
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| Minister for Social Development | |
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Assumed office 12 January 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Mervyn Storey |
| Minister for Social Development | |
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In office 2000–2001 | |
| Preceded by | Nigel Dodds |
| Succeeded by | Nigel Dodds |
| Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Fermanagh & South Tyrone | |
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Assumed office 25 June 1998 | |
| Preceded by | New Creation |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
27 September 1948 Ballygawley, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Children | 2 |
| Religion | Free Presbyterian |
Maurice George Morrow, Baron Morrow (born 27 September 1948)[1] is a Northern Irish unionist politician. He is one of two Democratic Unionist MLAs for Fermanagh and South Tyrone alongside Arlene Foster, and was made a life peer in June 2006. He is also a councillor on Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council representing Dungannon Town.
He was educated at Ballygawley Primary School, Dungannon Secondary and Dungannon Technical College, following which he pursued a career as an estate agent.
Morrow’s political career began in 1973 when he was elected to Fermanagh District Council. He has been an MLA in the Northern Ireland Assembly since 1998. In July 2000 he became Minister for Social Development in the Northern Ireland Executive, a position held until October 2001, during which time he was credited with implementing policies recognising the needs of the elderly, the farming community and introduced new measures to tackle welfare fraud.
It was announced on 11 April 2006 that Morrow would be one of the first three members of the DUP to be created life peers,[2] giving the party its first representation in the House of Lords. He was created Baron Morrow, of Clogher Valley in the County of Tyrone, on 7 June 2006 and was formally introduced to the House of Lords on 27 June.[3]
The other new DUP peers are Wallace Browne, the Lord Mayor of Belfast for 2005–6, and Eileen Paisley, a vice-president of the DUP and wife of the Leader of the DUP, Ian Paisley. All are to become "working" life peers. At the same time, it was announced that David Trimble, former MP and former leader of the Ulster Unionists, was also being appointed as a working life peer.
Morrow is married and has two daughters. He maintains an interest in rural development.
In 2012 his constituency office in Dungannon was broken into and ransacked. Maurice Morrow vowed it would be business as usual despite the burglary.[4][5]
References
- ↑ http://aims.niassembly.gov.uk/mlas/details.aspx?&aff=2420&per=79&sel=1&ind=11&prv=1
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 58007. p. 8001. 12 June 2006.
- ↑ House of Lords – Minute
- ↑ Harrison, Claire. "The Belfast Telegraph - Business as usual, burgled MLA Maurice Morrow vows". The Belfast Telegraph. The Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
- ↑ "Lord Morrow's Dungannon office ransacked" BBC News
External links
- Maurice Morrow MLA, DUP website
- List of Members, House of Lords
- Notice of Lord Morrow's Introduction, House of Lords – Minute
- Four new unionist peers appointed, BBC News, 11 April 2006
| Northern Ireland Assembly | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by New creation |
MLA for Fermanagh & South Tyrone 1998– |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by James McClure |
Chairman of the Democratic Unionist Party 2000?–present |
Incumbent |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Nigel Dodds |
Minister for Social Development 2000–2001 |
Succeeded by Nigel Dodds |
| Preceded by Mervyn Storey |
Minister for Social Development 2016- |
Succeeded by Incumbent |