Michael McGimpsey

Michael McGimpsey
Michael McGimpsey at a 2011 rally for the murdered police officer Ronan Kerr
Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
In office
8 May 2007 – 16 May 2011
First MinisterPeter Robinson
Preceded byOffice suspended
Last incumbent: Bairbre de Brún
Succeeded byEdwin Poots
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Belfast, South
In office
25 June 1998 – 7 May 2016
Preceded byNew Creation
Succeeded byChristopher Stalford
Member of
Belfast City Council
In office
19 May 1993 – 5 May 2011
Preceded byDixie Gilmore
Succeeded byCatherine Curran
ConstituencyLaganbank
Personal details
Born (1948-06-01) 1 June 1948 (age 76)
Donaghadee, Northern Ireland
NationalityBritish
Political partyUlster Unionist Party
SpouseMaureen McGimpsey
Children2
ResidenceNewtownards
Alma materTrinity College, Dublin
ProfessionBusinessman

Michael McGimpsey (born 1 July 1948) is a former Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician who was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Belfast South from 1998 to 2016.