Pat Doherty
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| Pat Doherty MP MLA | |
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Member of Parliament
for West Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency) |
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| Assumed office June 7, 2001 |
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| Succeeded by | Incumbent[1] |
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| Majority | 18,638 |
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| Assumed office June 25, 1998 |
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| Majority | 7,026 |
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| Born | July 18, 1945 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Sinn Féin |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Website | [1] |
Patrick "Pat" Doherty (Irish: Pádraig Ó Dochartaigh,[2][3] (born 18 July 1945) is an Irish Republican, Sinn Féin politician is the current Member of Parliament for West Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency) Doherty is also a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for the same constituency and has been since 25 June 1998. Doherty is the current Vice President of Sinn Féin.[4]
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[edit] Early life
Born in Glasgow, Doherty's parents were from County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. Doherty, known as "Smiler", moved to Donegal in 1968, shortly before the Troubles broke out across the border. He has been an abstentionist Sinn Féin member of the British parliament for West Tyrone since 2001, as well as a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly since the 1998 elections. Doherty has been Vice-President of Sinn Féin since 1988. He has also stood for election in the Republic of Ireland, in the constituency of Donegal North East in 1989 and in the Connacht-Ulster constituency in the EU elections in 1989 and 1994.[5]
[edit] In Government
In May 2002 using parliamentary privilege Ulster Unionist Party MP David Burnside named Doherty as a member of the IRA army council.[6] His brother Hugh Doherty was part of the IRA's Balcombe Street Gang.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.sinnfeinonline.com/representatives/383
- ^ Surnames in Ireland, Seán E. Quinn, Irish Genealogy Press, Dublin, 2000, ISBN 1 871509 39 4, pg. 77
- ^ Hoganstand.com
- ^ http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/98fst.htm
- ^ Pat Doherty MP. Sinn Féin. Retrieved on 2007-03-27.
- ^ House of Commons Hansard Debates for 26 May 2002 (pt 8). House of Commons (26 May 2002). Retrieved on 2007-03-27.
- ^ Balcombe Street gang to be freed. BBC (9 April 1999). Retrieved on 2007-03-27.
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| Preceded by William Thompson |
Member of Parliament for Tyrone West 2001 – present |
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