Pat Doherty

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Patrick Doherty (Irish: Pádriag Ó Dochartaigh, born July 18, 1945 in Glasgow, Scotland) is an Irish republican politician.

Doherty's parents were from County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland, and Doherty moved there in 1968, shortly before the Troubles broke out across the border. He was active in the Provisional IRA for many years, and has been a Sinn Féin member of the British parliament for West Tyrone since 2001, as well as a member of the currently-suspended 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 [1].

In March 2002 using parliamentary privilege David Burnside MP named Doherty as a member of the IRA army council [2]. His brother Hugh Doherty was part of the IRA Balcombe Street gang [3].

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Preceded by:
William Thompson		 Member of Parliament for Tyrone West
2001 – present		 Incumbent
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Parlimentarians in Northern Ireland

European Parliament

Jim Allister • Bairbre de Brún • Jim Nicholson

Westminster
Gerry Adams • Gregory Campbell • Nigel Dodds • Pat Doherty • Jeffrey Donaldson • Mark Durkan • Michelle Gildernew • Sylvia Hermon • William McCrea • Alasdair McDonnell • Eddie McGrady • Martin McGuinness • Conor Murphy • Iris Robinson • Peter Robinson • David Simpson • Sammy Wilson

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