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| Former minister dies on holiday | Former minister dies on holiday |
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| A former Stormont junior minister has died on holiday abroad. | A former Stormont junior minister has died on holiday abroad. |
| James Leslie, 50, was an Ulster Unionist assembly member for North Antrim. | James Leslie, 50, was an Ulster Unionist assembly member for North Antrim. |
| Mr Leslie first won his assembly seat in 1998, briefly becoming a junior minister in the Office of the First and Deputy First Minister in 2002. | Mr Leslie first won his assembly seat in 1998, briefly becoming a junior minister in the Office of the First and Deputy First Minister in 2002. |
| He did not contest the 2003 assembly election, and three years later, he left the Ulster Unionist Party to join the Conservatives. | He did not contest the 2003 assembly election, and three years later, he left the Ulster Unionist Party to join the Conservatives. |
| Alliance leader David Ford said he was shocked by the news. | |
| "James was a very competent parliamentarian and a man of real integrity," he said. | |
| "He will be very sorely missed by many across Northern Ireland and he made a genuinely positive contribution to politics here." |