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Peter Weir (Politician)A past Chairman of the Young Unionists (the UUP Youth Wing) Peter Weir is a barrister and graduate of Queen's University, Belfast. He was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum in 1996 for the constituency of North Down. In 1998 he refused to support the Belfast Agreement of 1998. A leading critic of party leader David Trimble's policies, Weir was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 1998. He was expelled from the Ulster Unionist Party for refusing to support the re-election of David Trimble as First Minister. Following a period as an Independent Unionist, Weir joined the Democratic Unionist Party in 2002. Since then, he was re-elected from North Down as a DUP member and increased the party's vote in the constituency by three times its 1998 tally. He is expected to oppose Sylvia Hermon in the 2005 Westminster Election. Weir, Peter
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