Jonathan Craig

{{for|Jonathan Craig, the American comic book artist|Johnny Craig}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=April 2017}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Jonathan Craig | honorific_suffix = | image = Johnathan Craig, MLA 2015.jpg | image_size = 160px | alt = | caption = Craig in 2015 | office = Member of Lisburn City and Castlereagh District Council | constituency = Lisburn North | term_start = 2 June 2016 | term_end = | predecessor = Jennifer Palmer | successor = | constituency_AM1 = Lagan Valley | assembly1 = Northern Ireland | majority1 = | term_start1 = 7 March 2007 | term_end1 = 6 May 2016 | predecessor1 = Norah Beare | successor1 = Jennifer Palmer | office2 = Member of Lisburn City Council | constituency2 = Lisburn Town North | term_start2 = 7 June 2001 | term_end2 = 22 May 2014 | predecessor2 = William Beattie | successor2 = Council abolished | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|02|02|df=yes}} | birth_place = Lisburn, Northern Ireland | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | birth_name = | party = Democratic Unionist Party | other_party = | spouse = Yvonne Strong | relations = | children = 2 | alma_mater = University of Ulster | occupation = | profession = Engineer | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = }}

'''Jonathan Craig''' is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician, serving as a Lisburn and Castlereagh Councillor for the Lisburn North DEA since 2016. Craig was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Lagan Valley from 2007 to 2016.

==Biography== Craig was educated at Dromore High School, Friends School and is a graduate of the University of Ulster. He was first elected to Lisburn City Council in 2001, representing the Lisburn Town North District, and served as Mayor of Lisburn from 2005 to 2006.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}}

He was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly at the 2007 Assembly election for Lagan Valley.

Craig was later re-elected to the Assembly in 2011, and Lisburn City Council in the local elections held the same day.

As an MLA, Craig was a Political Member of the Northern Ireland Policing Board.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nipolicingboard.org.uk/index/theboard.htm|title=The Board|publisher=|accessdate=22 August 2015|archive-date=8 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508192623/http://www.nipolicingboard.org.uk/index/theboard.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

At the 2016 Assembly election, he lost his seat to his running mate, Brenda Hale.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2017-03-04 |title=Ups and downs across NI constituencies |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/assembly-election-2017/2017/0304/857180-ups-and-downs-ni-constituencies/ |language=en}}</ref>

Following his defeat at the Assembly election, Craig was co-opted onto Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council for the Lisburn North District; he was re-elected in 2019 and 2023.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.laganvalleydup.co.uk Jonathan Craig MLA], LaganValleyDUP.co.uk * [http://www.dup.org.uk/CanProfile.asp?CandidateID=82 Profile], DUP.org.uk

{{s-start}} {{s-civ}} {{succession box|title=Mayor of Lisburn|years=2005–2006|before=Cecil Calvert|after=Trevor Lunn}} {{s-par|ni/ass}} {{succession box | title = MLA for Lagan Valley | before = Norah Beare | after = Jenny Palmer | years = 2007–2016 }} {{s-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Craig, Jonathan}} Category:1965 births Category:Living people Category:Alumni of Ulster University Category:Democratic Unionist Party MLAs Category:Members of Lisburn City Council Category:Mayors of places in Northern Ireland Category:Northern Ireland MLAs 2007–2011 Category:Northern Ireland MLAs 2011–2016