| Sir Reg Empey | |
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Minister for Employment and Learning
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| Assumed office May 8, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Carmel Hanna |
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Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment
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| In office November 29, 1999 – October 14, 2002 |
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| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Nigel Dodds |
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Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Belfast East |
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| Born | October 26, 1947 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Political party | Ulster Unionist Party |
| Website | http://www.regempey.com/ |
Sir Reginald Norman Morgan Empey (born October 26, 1947) is a Northern Ireland politician and a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for East Belfast. Cllr Carmel Hanna MLA (born Carmel McAleenan 26 March, 1946) in Warrenpoint, County Down Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish Nigel Alexander Dodds, OBE, MP, MLA, BL (born Derry, 20 August 1958) is a Barrister and Northern The Northern Ireland Assembly ( Irish: Tionól Thuaisceart Éireann, Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann Semmlie) is the devolved Events 740 - An Earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Belfast ( is the capital city of Northern Ireland and the seat of government in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of The Ulster Unionist Party ( UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP or in a historic sense simply the Unionist Party Events 740 - An Earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of Belfast East is a Parliamentary Constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. He was elected the 13th leader of Ulster Unionist Party on June 24, 2005, succeeding former First Minister of Northern Ireland, David Trimble. The Ulster Unionist Party ( UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP or in a historic sense simply the Unionist Party Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The First Minister and the deputy First Minister (Irish Céad-Aire agus an Leas-Chéad-Aire, Ulster Scots: Heid Männystèr an tha Heid Männystèr depute William David Trimble Baron Trimble (born 15 October 1944 is a Northern Irish Politician from Northern Ireland who served as leader of the Ulster
Empey attended Hillcrest Preparatory School, Belfast, and The Royal School, Armagh before graduating with an economics degree from Queen's University of Belfast. The Royal School Armagh is a co-educational voluntary Grammar school in the city of Armagh, Northern Ireland. Queen's University Belfast is a university in Belfast, Northern Ireland. After that he built up a business career.
He first entered politics in the late 1960s when he joined the Ulster Young Unionist Council. The Young Unionists, formally known as the Ulster Young Unionist Council (UYUC is the youth wing of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP Along with many other Unionists he left in protest at reforms and became an early member of the Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party, serving as the party chairman in 1975 and being elected to the Constitutional Convention in the same year. Unionism in Ireland, is a belief in the desirability of a full constitutional and institutional relationship between Ireland and Great Britain based on the terms and The Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party (VUPP was a unionist political party which existed in Northern Ireland between 1973 and 1978 When Vanguard split during the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention, Empey joined the breakaway group which formed the United Ulster Unionist Party, serving as the party's Deputy Leader from 1977 until its dissolution in 1984. The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention (NICC was an elected body set up in 1975 by the Labour government of Harold Wilson as an attempt to The United Ulster Unionist Party was a unionist political party which existed in Northern Ireland between 1975 and 1982
Empey then rejoined the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and was elected to Belfast City Council, serving as Lord Mayor in 1989-1990 and 1993-1994. The Ulster Unionist Party ( UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP or in a historic sense simply the Unionist Party Belfast City Council is the City council for Belfast, Northern Ireland. The Lord Mayor is the title of the Mayor of a major city with special recognition During this period he built up a political base in East Belfast, though in 1995 he sought to become the Ulster Unionists' candidate for the North Down by-election. Belfast East is a Parliamentary Constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. The North Down by-election, in the North Down constituency, was held on 15 June 1995, following the death of James Kilfedder, who had represented However, he was not selected by local party members, losing out to Alan McFarland. Major Robert Alan McFarland MLA (born 9 August 1949 in Plumbridge, County Tyrone) is an Ulster Unionist Party politician
Empey became increasingly prominent in the UUP and was often a member of its negotiating teams throughout the 1990s, the decade when he first became a party officer, and he became a key ally of David Trimble, who became leader of the party in 1995. William David Trimble Baron Trimble (born 15 October 1944 is a Northern Irish Politician from Northern Ireland who served as leader of the Ulster Trimble had been deputy leader of Vanguard in the years after the divide. In 1996 Empey was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum for East Belfast and in 1998 and 2003 he was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. The Northern Ireland Forum, or formally the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue was a body set up in 1996 to conduct the negotiations that eventually The Northern Ireland Assembly ( Irish: Tionól Thuaisceart Éireann, Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann Semmlie) is the devolved
When the Northern Ireland Executive was formed in 1999, Empey became Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, holding the portfolio throughout the entirety of the Executive's existence. The Northern Ireland Executive is the executive arm of the Northern Ireland Assembly, the devolved Legislature for Northern Ireland In June 2001 Trimble temporarily resigned as First Minister of Northern Ireland and appointed Empey to fulfil the functions of the office for the interim period until disagreements between the parties had been restored. The First Minister and the deputy First Minister (Irish Céad-Aire agus an Leas-Chéad-Aire, Ulster Scots: Heid Männystèr an tha Heid Männystèr depute Empey undertook the role until November of that year. In 1999, Reg Empey was knighted by the Queen. Knight is the English term for a social position originating in the Middle Ages.
In 2005 Trimble resigned as leader following a disastrous showing by the UUP in the 2005 general election. Results Overview For events leading up to the date of the election see article Pre-election day events of the United Kingdom general Empey stood in the contest to succeed him and on June 24, 2005, was elected. The 2005 Ulster Unionist Party leadership election began on May 7 2005 when David Trimble resigned as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party following Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In a reversal of fortunes, his main opponent was Alan McFarland, to whom he had lost the by-election nomination ten years earlier.
Empey is a member of the Orange Order, his lodge being Eldon LOL 7, in the Belfast district.
Empey is married to Stella, who worked for many years in the charitable sector. They have two children.
Election Results
Empey first stood for election in the 1975 elections to the Constitutional Convention, standing as a candidate in Belfast East for the Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party he received 4657 first preference votes he was elected. The Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party (VUPP was a unionist political party which existed in Northern Ireland between 1973 and 1978 In the 1977 Local Government elections he received 981 first preference votes and was unsuccessful (he did not run in the 1982 Local Government Elections), and the 1982 Assembly election he received 503 first preference votes. In the 1985 Local Government election, he was elected to Belfast City Council with 1117 first preference votes, this was reduced in the subsequent 1989 local government election to 864. In 1993 he was elected having attained 1295 first preference votes, and was elected again in 1997 with 2309 first preference votes. However this still left him behind his main DUP rival in the Pottenger Council Ward, Sammy Wilson. Sammy Wilson (born April 4, 1953, Belfast) is a politician in Northern Ireland and both Member of Parliament and a Member of [1]
Empey has stood in every election since 1998 to the devolved Northern Ireland Assembly. Empey first got elected to the Assembly in 1998 polling 12. 8% of the popular vote; in 2003 20. 9% of the popular vote; and in 2007 14% of the popular vote. Empey also stood against DUP MP for East Belfast Peter Robinson in the 2005 Westminster Election polling 30. 1% of the popular vote but failing to get elected. [2]
Empey has never topped the poll in any election to any level of Government. [3]
References
- ^ Northern Ireland Elections - who won what and where?. ARK (2007-10-07). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) Retrieved on 2008-04-20. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII.
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- ^ Northern Ireland Elections - who won what and where?. ARK (2007-10-07). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) Retrieved on 2008-04-20. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII.
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| Northern Ireland Assembly | ||
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| Preceded by Newly created position |
Member of the Legislative Assembly for Belfast East 1998 – present |
Incumbent |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Newly created position |
Member of the Constitutional Convention for Belfast East 1975 - 1976 |
Succeeded by position abolished |
| Preceded by Newly created position |
Deputy Leader of the United Ulster Unionist Party 1977 - 1984 |
Succeeded by position abolished |
| Preceded by David Trimble |
Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party 2005 - present |
Succeeded by incumbent |
| Preceded by None |
Deputy Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party in the Northern Ireland Assembly 2003-2005 |
Succeeded by Danny Kennedy |
| Preceded by Nigel Dodds |
Lord Mayor of Belfast 1989-1990 |
Succeeded by Fred Cobain |
| Preceded by Herbert Ditty |
Lord Mayor of Belfast 1993-1994 |
Succeeded by Hugh Smyth |
| Preceded by Newly created office |
Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment 1999-2002 |
Succeeded by Office Suspended 2002-07, (Nigel Dodds 2007-present) |
| Preceded by David Trimble |
Acting First Minister of Northern Ireland 2001 |
Succeeded by David Trimble |
| Preceded by Office Suspended 2002-07, (Carmel Hanna 2001-2002) |
Minister for Employment and Learning 2007 – present |
Incumbent |
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