Cllr Mervyn Storey MLA is a Northern Ireland politician and a Democratic Unionist Party

Democratic Unionist Party

The Democratic Unionist Party is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Founded by Ian Paisley and currently led by Peter Robinson, it is currently the largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly and the fourth-largest party in the House of Commons of the...

 MLA for North Antrim

North Antrim

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Biography

Mervyn Storey is a former member of the Fire Authority for Northern Ireland. Storey was elected to Ballymoney

Ballymoney

Ballymoney is a small town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 9,021 people in the 2001 Census. It is currently served by Ballymoney Borough Council....

 council in 2001 and again in 2005. He is a member of the Ballymoney Local Strategy Partnership and Regional Partnership for Northern Ireland. In 2000 he served as campaign manager for William McCrea

William McCrea (politician)

Robert Thomas William McCrea is a politician from Northern Ireland, and a member of the Democratic Unionist Party.-Career:...

's by-election for South Antrim

South Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and also in 2001 for Gregory Campbell

Gregory Campbell (politician)

Gregory Lloyd Campbell is a Northern Irish unionist politician, and the Democratic Unionist Party Member of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, representing the East Londonderry constituency of Northern Ireland....

 and Ian Paisley

Ian Paisley

Ian Richard Kyle Paisley, Baron Bannside, PC is a politician and church minister in Northern Ireland. As the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party , he and Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness were elected First Minister and deputy First Minister respectively on 8 May 2007.In addition to co-founding...

's elections in East Londonderry

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 and North Antrim

North Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)

North Antrim is a Parliamentary Constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. Its current member is Ian Paisley Jr.-Boundaries:North Antrim has always been a county constituency comprising the northern part of County Antrim in the north-east of Northern Ireland...

 respectively. All three campaigns were successful.

He was elected in 2003 election to the Northern Ireland Assembly

Northern Ireland Assembly

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. Storey is currently chairman of the Northern Ireland Assembly Education Committee

Committee for Education

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. As a young earth creationist, he petitioned the then Northern Irish education minister, Caitriona Ruane

Caitríona Ruane

Caitríona Ruane MLA is a Sinn Féin politician and a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for South Down....

, to have intelligent design

Intelligent design

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 taught in schools in Northern Ireland, as well as objecting to an exhibition on evolution in the Ulster Museum

Ulster Museum

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 and signs at the Giants Causeway in his North Antrim constituency.