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Harold McKee is a
Traditional Unionist Voice The Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland. In common with all other Northern Irish unionist parties, the TUV's political programme has as its sine qua non the preservation of Northern Ireland's place ...
(TUV) politician from
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. He served as an
Ulster Unionist Party The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland. The party was founded in 1905, emerging from the Irish Unionist Alliance in Ulster. Under Edward Carson, it led unionist opposition to the Irish Home Rule m ...
(UUP) Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for South Down from
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to 2017, and currently is a councillor on
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Newry, Mourne and Down District Council ( Irish: ''Comhairle Ceantair an Iúir, Mhúrn agus an Dúin'') is a local authority in Northern Ireland that was established on 1 April 2015. It replaces Down District Council and Newry and Mourne Distri ...
representing the Mournes ward since 2019. He was a member of the Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs. He tabled 297 questions in the 2016–2017 term. In October 2021, McKee resigned from the UUP, citing disagreements with party leader
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over 'liberal values', saying it was "becoming very difficult to endorse a leader who is constantly to the fore promoting liberal issues". McKee subsequently joined the Traditional Unionist Voice, and was the party's candidate for South Down in the
2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election The 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election was held on 5 May 2022. It elected 90 members to the Northern Ireland Assembly. It was the seventh assembly election since the establishment of the assembly in 1998. The election was held three month ...
. He was eliminated on the 5th count.


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bbc.co.uk; accessed 14 May 2016.

aims.niassembly.gov.uk accessed 7 February 2017 Place of birth missing (living people) 1957 births Living people Ulster Unionist Party MLAs Northern Ireland MLAs 2016–2017 Traditional Unionist Voice politicians {{NorthernIreland-politician-stub