Jim Shannon
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| Constituency | Strangford |
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| Born | 1965 Banbridge, Northern Ireland |
| Political party | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Website | Shannon DUP |
Alderman Richard James (Jim) Shannon MLA (born 1965) is a Unionist politician from Northern Ireland.
Shannon was educated at Ballywalter Primary School and Coleraine Academical Institution.
He was in the Ulster Defence Regiment in 1973-1975 and 1976-1977 and was awarded the General Service Medal. He then served in the Royal Artillery TA from 1977-1988
He is a councillor who was first elected to Ards Borough Council in 1985 and served as Mayor in 1991-1992.
He was elected as a member of the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue (1995-1997).
Shannon was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly for Strangford in 1998 and is standing in 2007.
He is a member of the Loyal orders.
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