Nelson McCausland

Nelson McCausland
Minister for Social Development
In office
16 May 2011 – 23 September 2014
Preceded byAlex Attwood
Succeeded byMervyn Storey
Member of the Legislative Assembly
for Belfast North
In office
26 November 2003 – 25 January 2017[1]
Preceded byFraser Agnew
Succeeded bySeat abolished
High Sheriff of Belfast
In office
1997–1998
Preceded bySteve McBride
Succeeded byJim Clarke
Member of Belfast City Council
In office
7 June 2001 – 5 May 2011
Preceded byFred Proctor
Succeeded byGareth McKee
ConstituencyOldpark
In office
17 May 1989 – 7 June 2011
Preceded byAlfred Redpath
Succeeded byIan Crozier
ConstituencyCastle
Personal details
Born (1951-08-15) 15 August 1951 (age 73)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
NationalityBritish
Political partyDemocratic Unionist Party (2001 - present)
Ulster Unionist Party (1993 - 2001)
Other political
affiliations		Independent Unionist (1984 - 1993)
United Ulster Unionist (1982)
Alma materQueen's University Belfast
Worcester College, Oxford
ProfessionTeacher
WebsiteDUP website
Nelson McCausland (right), Orange Parade, Belfast, 12 July 2011

Nelson McCausland (born 15 August 1951) is a Northern Irish columnist and former Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician who was Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure (2009–2011) and subsequently Minister for Social Development (2011–2014) in the Northern Ireland Executive.

McCausland was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for North Belfast from 2003, until 2017.[2]

  1. ^ "Member Biiographies". Northern Ireland Assembly. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Belfast North – Northern Ireland Assembly constituency – Election 2017". BBC News. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 4 March 2017.