Basil McCrea
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Basil McCrea | |
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Constituency | Lagan Valley |
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Political party | Ulster Unionist Party |
Website | http://www.basilmccrea.com |
Cllr Basil McCrea MLA is a unionist politician in Northern Ireland. He was elected in 2007 to the Northern Ireland Assembly as a Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) member for Lagan Valley. He unsuccessfully contested the 2005 UK General Election in Lagan Valley for the UUP. He is a UUP Councillor on Lisburn City Council and was, until his election to the Assembly, a Party Officer and spokesman for the Northern Ireland Manufacturers' Focus Group [1]. He is currently a member of the Northern Ireland Policing Board and UUP Education spokesman. He is also a member of the Committee shadowing the Department for Employment and Learning.
McCrea was educated at Belfast Royal Academy before attaining a Chemical Engineering degree from the University of Birmingham. He later attained a degree in Advanced Computer Technology from the University of Ulster.[2]