Education
Hamilton was educated at Regent House School and Queen"s University, Belfast holding degrees in history/politics and law. He served as Chairman of the Queen"s Unionist Association and as a member of Queen"s University Senate.
Hamilton was educated at Regent House School and Queen"s University, Belfast holding degrees in history/politics and law. He served as Chairman of the Queen"s Unionist Association and as a member of Queen"s University Senate.
He was first elected in 2007 to the Northern Ireland Assembly as a Democratic Unionist Party (Democratic Unionist Party) member for Strangford. Hamilton began his career as an auditor with an accountancy firm in Belfast and was employed as a Democratic Unionist Party Policy Officer in their Party Headquarters from 2003 until his election to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2007. He was elected to Ards Borough Council in 2005 but did not stand at the 2011 Election.
Hamilton is secretary of Strangford Democratic Unionist Party Association and vice-chairman of Newtownards Democratic Unionist Party Branch.
He was appointed minister of finance and personnel and replaced Sammy Wilson on 29 June 2013 in a reshuffle. He was later appointed as the Health Minister of Northern Ireland in a further Democratic Unionist Party reshuffle on 11th May 2015.
He resigned from this post several times during September and October 2015 in the context of a political crisis at Stormont. Mr. Hamilton currently serves with two other Modern Language Association"s from his party, the Democratic Unionist Party (Democratic Unionist Party).
The two Modern Language Association"s he serves with are Jonathan Bell and Michelle Mc"Ilveen.
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He served as Chairman of the Queen"s Unionist Association and as a member of Queen"s University Senate.