Derek Hussey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Derek Hussey

British politician

Date of Birth: 12-Sep-1948

Place of Birth: Padstow, England, United Kingdom

Profession: politician

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Derek Robert Hussey (born 12 September 1948, Padstow, Cornwall, UK) is a Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician from Northern Ireland Hussey was educated at Omagh Model School, Omagh Academy and Stranmillis College, Belfast.
He was previously a teacher at Castlederg High School. In 1989 he was elected to Strabane District Council.
In 2007 he was elected Chairman of the council.
In the 1996 election to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum, Hussey was elected as representative for West Tyrone. In 1998 he was elected as MLA to the Northern Ireland Assembly and re-elected in 2003.
He was an outgoing candidate in the 2007 Assembly elections, but lost his seat.
His brother, Ross Hussey, re-took the seat in 2011. He also has a special interest in regional development, Ulster-Scots and the Orange Order.
Hussey continued his role in local politics and was re-elected as the only UUP Councillor on Strabane District Council on 5 May 2011. He was a member of a country and western music band and was known to wear cowboy boots in the 1998–2003 Assembly.