Paul Frew MLA |
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Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for North Antrim |
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Assumed office 21 June 2010 |
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Preceded by | Ian Paisley, Jr |
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Born | 20 September 1974 |
Nationality | British |
Political party | DUP |
Religion | Protestant |
Paul Frew (born 20 September 1974) is a Unionist (DUP) politician in Northern Ireland. He was elected at the Northern Ireland local elections, 2005 for the Democratic Unionist Party to Ballymena Borough Council.
In 2010, he replaced Ian Paisley, Jr as a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for North Antrim.
However the politician is most famous for his dad's role in illegal trade in Ballymena. In 2013 his father Robert Frew confessed to selling illegal, VAT-evading cigarettes, likely to have been brought to these shores by dissident republicans.
A native of Broughshane, he is an electrician by trade and served in the Royal Irish Regiment.