Pat Doherty
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| Pat Doherty MP MLA | |
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| Constituency | West Tyrone MP & MLA |
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| Born | July 18, 1945 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Political party | Sinn Féin |
| Website | Pat Doherty MP MLA |
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. 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 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 May 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 |
Jim Allister • Bairbre de Brún • Jim Nicholson
Westminster
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