Alderman An alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law. The term may be titular, denoting a high-ranking member of a borough or county council, a council member chosen by the elected members t ...

Robin Leslie Cree, MBE (born 15 July 1941,

Bangor, County Down Bangor ( ; ) is a city and seaside resort in County Down, Northern Ireland, on the southern side of Belfast Lough. It is within the Belfast metropolitan area and is 13 miles (22 km) east of Belfast city centre, to which it is linke ...

) is a Unionist politician from

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. He was an

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MLA for North Down from 2003 to 2016.Full nane
, checkcompany.co.uk. Retrieved 5 July 2016. He was educated at

Bangor Grammar School (Maintain justice) , established = 1856 , type = Voluntary grammar school , religious_affiliation = Interdenominational , head_label = Principal , head = E P Huddleson , r_head_label = Chaplains , r_head = Nig ...

, Bangor Technical College and

Belfast Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdom ...

College of Commerce. Cree is a former Senior Executive and Director of a major International Energy Company. He has been a member of

North Down Borough Council North Down Borough Council was a Local Council in County Down in Northern Ireland. It merged with Ards Borough Council in May 2015 under local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland to become North Down and Ards District Council. Its m ...

for Ballyholme and Groomsport from 1988 and is a member of all North Down Borough Council's Standing Committees. Cree was also Mayor and Deputy Mayor (1990–1992) of North Down. Cree was Chairman of the North Down District Policing Partnership (DPP) until his appointment to the

Northern Ireland Policing Board The Northern Ireland Policing Board ( ga, Bord Póilíneachta Thuaisceart Éireann, Ulster-Scots: ''Norlin Airlan Polisin Boord'') is the police authority for Northern Ireland, charged with supervising the activities of the Police Service of Nor ...

in 2007. He is Director of the

Holywood Holy Wood or Holywood may refer to: Places * Holywood, County Down, a town and townland in Northern Ireland ** Holywood, County Down (civil parish), a civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland ** Holywood railway station (Northern Ireland) * ...

and Bangor Town Centre Management Company.

Personal life

* He was named MBE for community service in 2001. * Alderman Cree is an Elder and Secretary of his local Church. He is also a member of Loyal and Masonic Orders.

References

External links

NI Assembly biography

Link to BBC profile
1941 births Living people People from Bangor, County Down People educated at Bangor Grammar School Members of the Order of the British Empire Ulster Unionist Party MLAs Northern Ireland MLAs 2003–2007 Northern Ireland MLAs 2007–2011 Northern Ireland MLAs 2011–2016 Members of North Down Borough Council Mayors of places in Northern Ireland {{Northern-Ireland-MLA-stub