Megan Fearon

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Megan Fearon MLA

Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Newry and Armagh
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 July 2012
Preceded by	Conor Murphy
Personal details
Born	29 July 1991 (age 22) County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Sinn Féin

Megan Fearon (born 29 July 1991) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who was selected by her party as a member (MLA) of the Northern Ireland Assembly to represent the Newry and Armagh constituency in June 2012.^[1] She replaced her party colleague Conor Murphy, an abstentionist MP in the parliament of the United Kingdom, who had resigned from the Northern Ireland Assembly as part of Sinn Féin's policy of abolishing double jobbing. A native of south Armagh, at the time of her selection, Fearon had just completed her last year at Queen's University Belfast, where she took a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics.^[1] Before her selection, Fearon had campaigned for Sinn Féin and had worked to raise mental health and drug awareness.^[1] She replaced party colleague Chris Hazzard as the youngest MLA.

References

Northern Ireland Assembly
Preceded by Conor Murphy	MLA for Newry and Armagh 2012 -	Succeeded by Incumbent

Leadership

Presidents	Edward Martyn (1905–08) John Sweetman (1908) Arthur Griffith (1908–17) Éamon de Valera (1917–26) John J. O'Kelly (Sceilg) (1926–31) Brian O'Higgins (1931–33) Michael O'Flanagan (1933–35) Cathal Ó Murchadha (1935–37) Margaret Buckley (1937–50) Paddy McLogan (1950–52) Tomás Ó Dubhghaill (1952–54) Paddy McLogan (1954–62) Tomás Mac Giolla (1962–70) Ruairí Ó Brádaigh (1970–83) Gerry Adams (1983–)

Vice Presidents	Margaret Buckley (1950–60) Tomás Ó Dubhghaill (1951–52; 1954–62) Tony Magan (1960–62) Mick Traynor (1962) Rory O'Driscoll (1962–63) Larry Grogan (1962–69; 1970–71) Sean Caughey (1963–65) Joe Clarke (1966–72) Cathal Goulding (1969–70) Dáithí Ó Conaill (1971–78; 1978–83) Máire Drumm (1972–76) Joe Cahill (1976–78) Gerry Adams (1978–83) Phil Flynn (1983–85) John Joe McGirl (1985–88) Pat Doherty (1988–2009) Mary Lou McDonald (2009–)

Chairpersons	Seán MacManus (1984–90) Tom Hartley (1990–96) Mitchel McLaughlin (1996–2005) Mary Lou McDonald (2005–09) Declan Kearney (2009–)

General Secretaries	Joe Cahill Cathleen Knowles Tom Hartley (1984–86) Joe Reilly (1986–88) Lucilita Bhreatnach (1988–2003) Mitchel McLaughlin (2003–07) Rita O'Hare (2007–09) Dawn Doyle (2009–)

Directors of Publicity	Seán Ó Brádaigh (1960–79) Danny Morrison (1979–90) Rita O'Hare (1990–98) Dawn Doyle (1998–2008) Rosaleen Doherty (2008–)

Elected representatives

Dáil Éireann (Sinn Féin Front Bench)	Gerry Adams Michael Colreavy Seán Crowe Pearse Doherty Dessie Ellis Martin Ferris Mary Lou McDonald Sandra McLellan Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Jonathan O'Brien Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin Aengus Ó Snodaigh Brian Stanley Peadar Tóibín

Seanad Éireann	David Cullinane Trevor Ó Clochartaigh Kathryn Reilly

European Parliament	Martina Anderson

Northern Ireland Assembly	Cathal Boylan Michaela Boyle Mickey Brady Megan Fearon Phil Flanagan Chris Hazzard Gerry Kelly Seán Lynch Declan McAleer Fra McCann Jennifer McCann Raymond McCartney Rosie McCorley Barry McElduff Bronwyn McGahan Martin McGuinness Daithí McKay Maeve McLaughlin Mitchel McLaughlin Oliver McMullan Alex Maskey Ian Milne Carál Ní Chuilín John O'Dowd Cathal Ó hOisín Michelle O'Neill Sue Ramsey Caitríona Ruane Patrick Sheehan

Westminster MPs (Abstentionist)	Pat Doherty Michelle Gildernew Paul Maskey Francie Molloy Conor Murphy

Persondata
Name	Fearon, Megan
Alternative names
Short description	Northern Ireland politician
Date of birth
Place of birth	County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Date of death
Place of death