Mervyn Storey
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Mervyn Storey MLA |
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| Minister for Finance & Personnel | |
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In office 12 January 2016 – 6 May 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Arlene Foster |
| Succeeded by | Máirtín Ó Muilleoir |
| Minister for Social Development | |
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In office 24 September 2014 – 12 January 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Nelson McCausland |
| Succeeded by | Lord Morrow |
| Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for North Antrim |
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Assumed office 26 November 2003 |
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| Preceded by | James Leslie |
| Personal details | |
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4 September 1964 Armoy, County Antrim, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Spouse(s) | Christine Storey |
| Children | 3 |
Mervyn Storey (born 4 September 1964) is a Northern Ireland politician and a Democratic Unionist Party MLA for North Antrim.
Storey was Minister for Social Development in the Northern Ireland Executive (2014–16), and in 2016 was appointed Minister for Finance & Personnel.
Mervyn Storey was born in Armoy, County Antrim on 4 September 1964. His father Nat was a founder member of the Protestant Unionist Party and an election worker for Ian Paisley.
Storey was educated at Armoy Primary School and at Ballymoney High School. On leaving school in 1980 he worked in a bacon factory, rising to production manager. In 2000 he left the company and joined Ian Paisley's constituency office in Ballymena.
Storey is married to Christine and has three children.
Mervyn Storey is a former member of the Fire Authority for Northern Ireland. Storey was elected to Ballymoney council in 2001 and again in 2005. He is a member of the Ballymoney Local Strategy Partnership and Regional Partnership for Northern Ireland. In 2000 he served as campaign manager for William McCrea's by-election for South Antrim and also in 2001 for Gregory Campbell and Ian Paisley's elections in East Londonderry and North Antrim respectively. All three campaigns were successful.
Storey was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in the 2003 elections. From 2008 to 2014 he was chairman of the Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Education.
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