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Peter Weir, Baron Weir of Ballyholme (Peter James Weir) was born on 21 November, 1968 in Bangor, Northern Ireland. Discover Peter Weir, Baron Weir of Ballyholme's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 55 years old?
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Peter James Weir |
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56 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Scorpio |
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21 November, 1968 |
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21 November |
| Birthplace |
Bangor, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality |
Ireland |
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Peter Weir, Baron Weir of Ballyholme Height, Weight & Measurements
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He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Peter Weir, Baron Weir of Ballyholme Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Peter Weir, Baron Weir of Ballyholme worth at the age of 56 years old? Peter Weir, Baron Weir of Ballyholme’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from Ireland. We have estimated
Peter Weir, Baron Weir of Ballyholme's net worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
He lost his seat in the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election.
It was announced on 14 October 2022, that as part of the 2022 Special Honours, Weir would receive a life peerage, sitting for the Democratic Unionist Party. On 16 November 2022, Weir was created Baron Weir of Ballyholme, of Ballyholme in the County of Down.
Weir reported in November 2021 that one of his toes had been amputated as a result of an infection following a type 1 diabetes diagnosis.
Since then, he has been re-elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in North Down at each election for the DUP. In the 2005 Westminster election Weir was a DUP candidate for North Down, but lost to Sylvia, Lady Hermon, of the Ulster Unionist Party.
Weir was selected as his party's candidate to fight the 2001 general election in North Down, but a month before the election tensions between him and the party reached the stage where he was deselected and replaced by Sylvia Hermon. Weir was later expelled from the Ulster Unionist Party for refusing to support the re-election of David Trimble as First Minister of Northern Ireland. Following a period as an Independent Unionist, Weir joined the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in 2002.
He served as a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) from 1998 to 2022, originally being a member for North Down, which he represented from 1998 to 2017, before being elected as a member for Strangford in 2017. He lost his seat at the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election. Since 2022 he has been a member of the House of Lords.
Weir refused to support the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, saying in one television interview that the only positive comment he could summon for the Agreement was that it was "very nicely typed". A leading critic of then-party leader David Trimble's policies, Weir was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in the 1998 election.
Weir attended Bangor Grammar School and graduated from The Queen's University of Belfast in Law and Accountancy. He was called to the Bar of Northern Ireland in 1992 and is a former editor of The Ulster Review. Weir has been a member of the Queen's University Senate since 1996 and is also leading member of the University Convocation. He was elected to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum in 1996 for the constituency of North Down.
Peter James Weir, Baron Weir of Ballyholme (born 21 November 1968) is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician who served as Minister for Education in the Northern Ireland Executive from 2016 to 2017 and from 2020 to 2021. Weir was the first non-Sinn Féin legislator (following Martin McGuinness, Caitríona Ruane, and John O'Dowd) to head the Department of Education since the department came into existence on 2 December 1999.
