William McCrea (politician)
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The Reverend Doctor William McCrea |
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Member of Parliament for South Antrim |
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In office 5 May 2005 – 30 March 2015 |
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| Preceded by | David Burnside |
| Succeeded by | Danny Kinahan |
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In office 21 September 2000 – 14 May 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Clifford Forsythe |
| Succeeded by | David Burnside |
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Member of Parliament for Mid Ulster |
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In office 9 June 1983 – 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | John Dunlop |
| Succeeded by | Martin McGuinness |
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Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for South Antrim |
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In office 7 March 2007 – 1 July 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Wilson Clyde |
| Succeeded by | Paul Girvan |
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Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Mid-Ulster |
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In office 25 June 1998 – 7 March 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | Ian McCrea |
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6 August 1948 Stewartstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Children | 5 |
| Residence | Magherafelt, County Tyrone |
| Alma mater | Raveanhill Theological Hall |
| Profession | Clergyman |
| Religion | Free Presbyterian |
| Website | William McCrea |
Robert Thomas William McCrea (born 6 August 1948) is a Free Presbyterian minister from Northern Ireland. A former Democratic Unionist Party politician, he represented Antrim South and Mid Ulster as their Member of Parliament.
McCrea was the youngest of five children born to Robert Thomas (a famer in Stewartstown, Northern Ireland) and Sarah Jayne in August 1948. He was educated in Magherafelt and spent a short time working in Social Security in the Civil Service of Northern Ireland before beginning training as a Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster minister. He undertook this training at Ravenhill Theological Hall, on the Ravenhill Road in Belfast.
McCrea received an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Mariette Bible College, Ohio, United States.
McCrea was a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) member of Magherafelt District Council from its creation in 1973 until he stood down to concentrate on Westminster duties in 2010, and topped the poll in every local government election he contested from 1973–2005.
He ran unsuccessfully for the House of Commons in the 1982 Belfast South by-election. He was Member of Parliament for Mid Ulster from 1983 but lost this seat to Sinn Féin chief negotiator and current deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness at the 1997 election. He took South Antrim at a by-election in 2000 caused by the death of Ulster Unionist Party MP, Clifford Forsythe, but failed to retain this seat at the 2001 election. In the 2005 election he regained the seat. He was subsequently defeated by the Ulster Unionist Party in 2015.
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