Background
MAGINNIS, Ken was born on January 21, 1938. Parents: the late Gilbert Maginnis and Margaret Maginnis (née Wiggins).
MAGINNIS, Ken was born on January 21, 1938. Parents: the late Gilbert Maginnis and Margaret Maginnis (née Wiggins).
Royal School, Dungannon. Stranmillis Teacher Training College, Belfast.
Councillor, Dungannon District Council, 1981. Mcm., Northern Ireland Assembly, 1982. Member of Parliament for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, since 1983 (resigned 1985 in protest at Anglo-Irish Agreement, re-elected Jan 1986.
Member. Commons Select Committee on Defence, 1984-1986. Teacher, Cookstown Secondary School, 1959-1960 and Drumglass Primary School, Dungannon, 1960-1966. Principal, Pomeroy Primary School, 1966-1982.
Officer, Ulster Defence regiment, 1970-1981.
Church of Ireland
Spouse Joy (née Stewart), 1961. Children: two son, two d.