# Mervyn Storey > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mervyn_Storey > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mervyn_Storey.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mervyn_Storey > Source revision: 1345436667 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|British politician}} {{for|the Australian footballer|Merv Storey}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=December 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Mervyn Storey | honorific_suffix = | image = Mervyn Storey.jpg | alt = | caption = |office = Member of [Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council](/source/Causeway_Coast_and_Glens_Borough_Council) |constituency = [Ballymoney](/source/Ballymoney_(District_Electoral_Area)) |term_start = 25 August 2022 |term_end = |predecessor = John Finlay |successor = | office1 = [Minister for Finance & Personnel](/source/Department_of_Finance_and_Personnel) | term_start1 = 13 January 2016 | term_end1 = 30 March 2016 | predecessor1 = [Arlene Foster](/source/Arlene_Foster) | successor1 = [Máirtín Ó Muilleoir](/source/M%C3%A1irt%C3%ADn_%C3%93_Muilleoir) | office2 = [Minister for Social Development](/source/Department_for_Social_Development_(Northern_Ireland)) | term_start2 = 24 September 2014 | term_end2 = 12 January 2016 | predecessor2 = [Nelson McCausland](/source/Nelson_McCausland) | successor2 = [Lord Morrow](/source/Maurice_Morrow%2C_Baron_Morrow) | constituency_AM3 = [North Antrim](/source/North_Antrim_(Assembly_constituency)) | assembly3 = Northern Ireland | majority3 = | term_start3 = 26 November 2003 | term_end3 = 28 March 2022 | predecessor3 = [James Leslie](/source/James_Leslie_(UK_politician)) | successor3 = [Patricia O'Lynn](/source/Patricia_O'Lynn) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|09|4|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Armoy](/source/Armoy%2C_County_Antrim), [County Antrim](/source/County_Antrim), Northern Ireland | death_date = | death_place = | party = [Democratic Unionist Party](/source/Democratic_Unionist_Party) | spouse = Christine Storey | children = 3 | website = }} '''Robert Mervyn Storey''' (born 4 September 1964), usually known as '''Mervyn Storey''', is a [Democratic Unionist Party](/source/Democratic_Unionist_Party) (DUP) politician, serving as a [Causeway Coast and Glens Councillor](/source/Causeway_Coast_and_Glens_Borough_Council) for the [Ballymoney](/source/Ballymoney_(District_Electoral_Area)) DEA since 2022. Storey previously served in the [Northern Ireland Executive](/source/Northern_Ireland_Executive), where he was Minister for Social Development from 2014 to 2016, and then Minister for Finance between January and March 2016. He was a [Member of the Legislative Assembly](/source/Member_of_the_Legislative_Assembly_(Northern_Ireland)) (MLA) for [North Antrim](/source/North_Antrim_(Assembly_constituency)) from [2003](/source/2003_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election) to [2022](/source/2022_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election).{{cite web |title=Ballymoney Times – Storey congratulates A-level students |url=http://www.ballymoneytimes.co.uk/community/storey-congratulates-a-level-students-1-4184295 |work=The Ballymoney Times |access-date=29 August 2012}}{{cite news |last=Murray |first=Gemma |date=7 May 2022 |title=Election 2022: Mervyn Storey loses seat after 19 years |url=https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/election-2022-mervyn-storey-loses-seat-after-19-years-3684767 |website=News Letter |access-date=17 May 2022}} ==Biography== Robert Mervyn Storey was born in [Armoy, County Antrim](/source/Armoy%2C_County_Antrim) on 4 September 1964. His father Nat was a founder member of the [Protestant Unionist Party](/source/Protestant_Unionist_Party) and an election worker for [Ian Paisley](/source/Ian_Paisley).{{cite news|last1=Kane|first1=Alex|title=Mervyn Storey: We profile the new Finance Minister|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/mervyn-storey-we-profile-the-new-finance-minister-34368371.html|accessdate=17 January 2016|work=[Belfast Telegraph](/source/Belfast_Telegraph)|date=16 January 2016}} Storey was educated at Armoy Primary School and at [Ballymoney High School](/source/Ballymoney_High_School). On leaving school in 1980 he worked in a bacon factory, rising to production manager. In 2000 he left the company and joined Ian Paisley's constituency office in Ballymena. ==Family== Storey is married to Christine and has three children. ==Political activity== Storey is a former member of the Fire Authority for Northern Ireland. Storey was elected to [Ballymoney](/source/Ballymoney) council in 2001 and again in 2005. He is a member of the Ballymoney Local Strategy Partnership and Regional Partnership for Northern Ireland. In 2000 he served as campaign manager for [William McCrea](/source/William_McCrea%2C_Baron_McCrea_of_Magherafelt_and_Cookstown)'s by-election for [South Antrim](/source/South_Antrim_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) and also in 2001 for [Gregory Campbell](/source/Gregory_Campbell_(politician)) and Ian Paisley's elections in [East Londonderry](/source/East_Londonderry_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) and [North Antrim](/source/North_Antrim_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) respectively. All three campaigns were successful.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}} Storey was elected to the [Northern Ireland Assembly](/source/Northern_Ireland_Assembly) in the [2003 elections](/source/2003_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election). From 2008 to 2014 he was chairman of the Northern Ireland Assembly [Committee for Education](/source/Committee_for_Education).{{cite web|title=Mr Mervyn Storey|url=http://aims.niassembly.gov.uk/mlas/details.aspx?&aff=2288&per=154&c=2|website=Northern Ireland Assembly}} He lost his Assembly seat in [the election](/source/2022_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election) held on 5 May 2022, thus ceasing to be an MLA. From September 2014 to January 2016 Storey was [Minister for Social Development](/source/Department_for_Social_Development_(Northern_Ireland)). He resigned from this post several times during September and October 2015 in the context of a political crisis.{{cite web|title=Simon Hamilton resigns four times in past three weeks|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-34426811|publisher=BBC|accessdate=17 January 2016|date=2 October 2015}} In January 2016 Storey was appointed [Minister for Finance & Personnel](/source/Department_of_Finance_and_Personnel). As a [young earth creationist](/source/young_earth_creationist), and a member of the "Council of Reference" of the creationist [Caleb Foundation](/source/Caleb_Foundation),[http://www.calebfoundation.org/ Caleb Foundation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150307200052/http://www.calebfoundation.org/ |date=7 March 2015 }} website he petitioned the then Northern Irish education minister, [Caitríona Ruane](/source/Caitr%C3%ADona_Ruane), to have [intelligent design](/source/intelligent_design) taught in schools in Northern Ireland, as well as objecting to an exhibition on evolution in the [Ulster Museum](/source/Ulster_Museum) and signs at the [Giants Causeway](/source/Giants_Causeway) in his North Antrim constituency.[http://www.economist.com/world/britain/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11637413 Oh, for a honeymoon], [The Economist](/source/The_Economist), 26 June 2008, retrieved 13 February 2009[http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/darwin-display-at-museum-angers-creationist-mla-14184873.html Darwin display at museum angers creationist MLA], [The Belfast Telegraph](/source/The_Belfast_Telegraph), 13 February 2009, retrieved 13 February 2009[https://www.theguardian.com/science/2009/feb/12/northern-ireland-charles-darwin-courts Belfast museum faces legal battle over Charles Darwin exhibition], [The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian), 12 February 2009, retrieved 20 May 2009 ==References== {{reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-par|ni/ass}} {{s-bef | before = [James Leslie](/source/James_Leslie_(UK_politician)) }} {{s-ttl | title = [MLA](/source/Member_of_the_Legislative_Assembly_(Northern_Ireland)) for [North Antrim](/source/North_Antrim_(Assembly_constituency)) | years = 2003–2022 }} {{s-aft|after=[Patricia O’Lynn](/source/Patricia_O%E2%80%99Lynn)}} {{s-off}} {{succession box | title=[Minister for Social Development](/source/Department_for_Social_Development_(Northern_Ireland)) | before=[Nelson McCausland](/source/Nelson_McCausland) | after=[Lord Morrow](/source/Maurice_Morrow%2C_Baron_Morrow)| years=2014–2016}} {{succession box | title=[Minister for Finance & Personnel](/source/Department_of_Finance_and_Personnel) | before=[Arlene Foster](/source/Arlene_Foster) | after=[Máirtín Ó Muilleoir](/source/M%C3%A1irt%C3%ADn_%C3%93_Muilleoir) | years=2016}} {{s-end}} {{Democratic Unionist Party}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Storey, Mervyn}} Category:1964 births Category:Living people Category:Ministers of the Northern Ireland Executive (since 1999) Category:Democratic Unionist Party MLAs Category:Northern Ireland MLAs 2003–2007 Category:Northern Ireland MLAs 2007–2011 Category:Northern Ireland MLAs 2011–2016 Category:Northern Ireland MLAs 2016–2017 Category:Northern Ireland MLAs 2017–2022 Category:Politicians from County Antrim Category:Presbyterians from Northern Ireland Category:Christian Young Earth creationists Category:Ministers of finance and personnel of Northern Ireland Category:People from Armoy --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mervyn Storey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mervyn_Storey) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mervyn_Storey?action=history)). 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