| Pat Doherty MP MLA |
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| Vice President of Sinn Féin | |
| In office 1988–2009 |
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| Succeeded by | Mary Lou McDonald |
| Member of Parliament for West Tyrone |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 7 June 2001 |
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| Preceded by | William Thompson |
| Majority | 10,685 (28.7%) |
| Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for West Tyrone |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 25 June 1998 |
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| Preceded by | new office |
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| Born | 18 July 1945 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Political party | Sinn Féin |
| Website | Pat Doherty MP MLA |
Patrick "Pat" Doherty (born 18 July 1945) is an Irish republican politician and abstentionist Member of Parliament for West Tyrone. He has been a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for the same constituency since 25 June 1998. Doherty served as Vice President of Sinn Féin[1] from 1988 to 2009, when Mary Lou McDonald became the party's new Vice-President.[2]
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Born in Glasgow, Doherty's parents were from County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. Doherty moved to Donegal in 1968, shortly before the Troubles broke out across the border. He has been an abstentionist Sinn Féin Member of Parliament of the British parliament for West Tyrone since 2001, as well as a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly since the 1998 elections. He has also stood for election in the Republic of Ireland, in the constituency of Donegal North East in 1989 , 1996 (by-election) and 1997 and also in the Connacht–Ulster constituency in the EU elections in 1989 and 1994.[3]
In May 2002, using parliamentary privilege, Ulster Unionist Party MP David Burnside named Doherty as a member of the IRA army council.[4] His brother Hugh Doherty was part of the IRA's Balcombe Street Gang.[5]
According to The Times Guide to the House of Commons, Doherty is married with three daughters and two sons, was educated at St Joseph's College, Lochwinnoch, and is a site engineer who likes building stone walls.[6]
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| Preceded by John Joe McGirl |
Vice-President of Sinn Féin 1988–2009 |
Succeeded by Mary Lou McDonald |
| Northern Ireland Assembly | ||
| Preceded by New creation |
MLA for West Tyrone 1998 - |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by William Thompson |
Member of Parliament for West Tyrone 2001–present |
Incumbent |
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