Maurice Morrow

The Lord Morrow
Morrow in 2022
Minister for Communities
In office
12 January 2016 – 25 May 2016
First MinisterArlene Foster
Preceded byMervyn Storey
Succeeded byPaul Givan
Minister for Social Development
In office
27 July 2000 – 24 October 2001
First MinisterDavid Trimble
Preceded byNigel Dodds
Succeeded byNigel Dodds
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
7 June 2006
Life peerage
Member of the Legislative Assembly
for Fermanagh & South Tyrone
In office
25 June 1998 – 26 January 2017
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Personal details
Born
Maurice George Morrow

(1948-09-27) 27 September 1948 (age 76)
Ballygawley, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
NationalityBritish
Political partyDemocratic Unionist Party
Children2

Maurice George Morrow, Baron Morrow (born 27 September 1948)[1] is a Unionist politician from Northern Ireland representing the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) who has been Chairman of the DUP since 2000. He was made a life peer in June 2006. He was 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. His political career began in 1973 when he was elected to Fermanagh District Council.[citation needed] He served as a MLA of the Northern Ireland Assembly from 1998, until losing his seat in 2017. In July 2000 he became Minister for Social Development in the Northern Ireland Executive, a position held until October 2001, during which time he implemented policies recognising the needs of the elderly, the farming community and introduced new measures to tackle welfare fraud.[citation needed]

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[3] and was formally introduced to the House of Lords on 27 June.[4]

  1. ^ "MLA Details: Lord Morrow of Clogher Valley". Aims.niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  2. ^ "No. 58007". The London Gazette. 12 June 2006. p. 8001.
  3. ^ "Gazette Article". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  4. ^ Minute Office, House of Lords. "House of Lords – Minute". Publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2016.