Tom Hamilton | |
Office: | Mayor of Ards |
Term Start: | 2000 |
Term End: | 2001 |
Office1: | Deputy mayor of Ards |
Term Start1: | 1999 |
Term End1: | 2000 |
Office2: | Member of Ards Borough Council |
Constituency2: | Newtownards |
Term Start2: | 19 May 1993 |
Term End2: | 22 May 2014 |
Predecessor2: | Tom Benson |
Successor2: | Council abolished |
Constituency Am3: | Strangford |
Assembly3: | Northern Ireland |
Term Start3: | January 2001 |
Term End3: | 26 November 2003 |
Predecessor3: | Tom Benson |
Successor3: | David McNarry |
Birth Date: | 8 July 1954 |
Birth Place: | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Nationality: | Northern Irish |
Party: | Ulster Unionist Party |
Occupation: | Politician |
Tom Hamilton (born 8 July 1954) is an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician who was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Strangford from 2000 to 2003.
Born in Belfast, Hamilton studied at the Methodist College, Belfast, then at Stranmillis College. He became a teacher and in 1993 was elected to Ards Borough Council as an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) member. From 1999, he served as Deputy Mayor, then from 2000 to 2001 as Mayor of Ards.[1]
Hamilton stood in the 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election, in Strangford. Although unsuccessful, he was co-opted in January 2001, following the death of fellow UUP member Tom Benson. He did not defend his seat in 2003.[2]