Nelson McCausland (born 15 August 1951) is a Unionist politician from Northern Ireland. He was a member of the Democratic Unionist Party and an MLA for North Belfast from 2003. He served as Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure (2009–2011) and Minister for Social Development (2011–2014) in the Northern Ireland Executive. In the 2017 Northern Ireland Assembly Election he lost his North Belfast MLA seatHe was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and was educated at Carr's Glen Primary School, Belfast Royal Academy, Worcester College, Oxford and Queen's University. Wikipedia