Adrian McQuillan, (8 June 1965, Ballymoney) is a former Northern Irish unionist politician who was a Causeway Coast and Glens Councillor for the Bann DEA from 2019 to 2023.

Adrian McQuillan
Member of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
In office
2 May 2019 – 18 May 2023
Preceded bySam Cole
Succeeded byDawn Huggins
ConstituencyBann
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for East Londonderry
In office
7 March 2007 – 2 March 2017
Preceded byNorman Hillis
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Member of Ballymoney Borough Council
In office
7 June 2001 – 22 May 2014
Preceded byRobert Bolton
Succeeded byCouncil abolished
ConstituencyBann
Personal details
Born (1965-06-08) 8 June 1965 (age 58)
Ballymoney, Northern Ireland
NationalityBritish
Political partyIndependent Unionist (since 2023)
Democratic Unionist Party (until 2023)

He previously served as a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for East Londonderry from 2007 to 2017

Career edit

A joiner by training and postman for 18 years, McQuillan was first elected to Coleraine Borough Council the 2001 local elections, representing the Bann District. He was re-elected to the Council in 2005, and 2011.

He was later elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly as a one of three DUP MLAs for East Londonderry at the 2007 election, but lost his seat in the 2017 Northern Ireland Assembly election.

He was elected to Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council for the Bann District in the 2019 Northern Ireland local elections. In January 2023, after falling out with the DUP leadership over bullying allegations, he resigned from the party to sit as an Independent. He stood for re-election in the local elections that same year, but was unsuccessful.

He is a member of Moneydig Presbyterian Church.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ Profile Archived 20 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine, niassembly.gov.uk; accessed 28 July 2016.

External links edit

Northern Ireland Assembly
Preceded by MLA for Londonderry, East
2007–2017
Seat abolished