Denis Watson (politician)

Denis Watson is a former Northern Irish unionist politician who was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Upper Bann from 1998 to 2003.

Watson worked as a financial consultant and became the Grand Master of the County Armagh Orange Lodge.

[1] He was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 1998 as an independent Unionist representing Upper Bann.

In 2000, Watson joined the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), but as late as 2006[update] he remains the officially registered leader of the United Unionist Coalition.

[2] In 2001, he failed to be elected as a DUP candidate for Craigavon Borough Council.