Jim Shannon

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Jim Shannon MLA
Jim Shannon
Incumbent
Assumed office 
1998
Constituency Strangford
Born 1965
Banbridge, Northern Ireland
Political party Democratic Unionist Party
Website Shannon DUP

Richard James "Jim" Shannon MLA, TA (born 1965) is a Unionist politician from Northern Ireland.

Shannon was educated at Ballywalter Primary School and Coleraine Academical Institution. He was in the Ulster Defence Regiment in 1973-1975 and 1976-1977 and was awarded the General Service Medal. He served in the Royal Artillery TA from 1977-1988. He is a member of the loyal orders. [1]

He is a councillor who was first elected to Ards Borough Council in 1985 and served as Mayor in 1991-1992. He was elected as a member of the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue (1995-1997). Shannon was has been re-elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly for Strangford since 1998.

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  1. ^ DUP profile

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