David McNarry

David McNarry
Leader of UKIP Northern Ireland
In office
4 October 2013 – 28 November 2016
LeaderNigel Farage
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Strangford
In office
26 November 2003 – 30 March 2016
Preceded byTom Hamilton
Succeeded byPhilip Smith
Member of
Ards Borough Council
In office
21 May 1997 – 7 June 2001
Preceded byStanley McCoy
Succeeded byPhilip Smith
ConstituencyArds West
Personal details
Born (1948-05-25) 25 May 1948 (age 76)
Northern Ireland
Political partyUKIP (since 2012)
Ulster Unionist (1963 - 2012)
OccupationBusinessman

David McNarry (born 25 May 1948) is a former Northern Irish unionist politician and Ulster Loyalist representative who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Strangford from 2003 to 2016.

A former member of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), he served as chief whip and education spokesman. He defected to the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in 2012, serving as the leader of UKIP Northern Ireland from 2013 to 2016.

He is the current Assistant Grand Master of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland.[1]

  1. ^ "Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland Grand Orange Lodge". Grandorangelodge.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 December 2010. Retrieved 23 February 2011.