The Lord Morrow | |
|---|---|
 Morrow in 2022 | |
| Minister for Communities | |
| In office 12 January 2016 – 25 May 2016 | |
| First Minister | Arlene Foster |
| Preceded by | Mervyn Storey |
| Succeeded by | Paul Givan |
| Minister for Social Development | |
| In office 27 July 2000 – 24 October 2001 | |
| First Minister | David Trimble |
| Preceded by | Nigel Dodds |
| Succeeded by | Nigel 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 by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Maurice George Morrow 27 September 1948 Ballygawley, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Children | 2 |
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]
- ^ "MLA Details: Lord Morrow of Clogher Valley". Aims.niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
- ^ "No. 58007". The London Gazette. 12 June 2006. p. 8001.
- ^ "Gazette Article". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ Minute Office, House of Lords. "House of Lords – Minute". Publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2016.