constituency_am relations predecessor successor death_date birth_place assembly death_place religion party birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name alma_mater
north antrim 1 '' new creation '' mervyn storey 22 february 2009 singida , tanzania northern ireland costa rica anglican conservative ulster unionist -lrb- until 2006 -rrb- 1 march 1958 25 june 1998 judena james leslie -lrb- uk politician -rrb-
 26 november 2003 james leslie queens ' college , cambridge
james leslie -lrb- uk politician -rrb-

james seymour leslie -lrb- 1 march 1958 -- 22 february 2009 -rrb- was a unionist politician in northern ireland .
born in singida , tanzania , and educated at eton college , leslie read law and land economy at queens ' college , cambridge , before becoming a merchant banker .
despite having no experience in politics , he was elected as an ulster unionist party -lrb- uup -rrb- member of the northern ireland assembly for north antrim in 1998 .
leslie did not stand in the northern ireland assembly election , 2003 .
in 2006 , he resigned from the uup and joined the conservatives in northern ireland .
in the same year , he was appointed high sheriff of antrim .
leslie stood for the conservatives in north down at the northern ireland assembly election , 2007 , but was not elected .
he died aged 50 on 22 february 2009 , of a suspected heart attack while on holiday in costa rica .
