Mick Murphy (Sinn Féin politician) explained

Mick Murphy
Office:Member of
Newry and Mourne District Council
Constituency:Crotlieve
Term Start:21 May 1997
Term End:22 May 2014
Predecessor:Gordon Heslip
Successor:Council abolished
Office1:Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for South Down
Term Start1:25 June 1998
Term End1:26 November 2003
Predecessor1:Assembly re-established
Successor1:Caitríona Ruane
Office2:Member of the Northern Ireland Forum
for South Down
Term Start2:30 May 1996
Term End2:25 April 1998
Birth Date:6 February 1942
Birth Place:Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland
Party:Sinn Féin

Michael Murphy (born 6 February 1942) is an Irish nationalist politician in Northern Ireland.

Background

Active in Irish republicanism after getting involved with the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association of the 1960s, he worked as a publican. In 1996, he was elected as a member of the Northern Ireland Forum for Sinn Féin in South Down. Murphy was the unsuccessful Sinn Féin candidate for South Down in the 1997 election to the United Kingdom Parliament; a few months later he was elected to Newry and Mourne District Council.

He was then elected from the same constituency to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 1998.[1] [2] He was Sinn Féin spokesperson on Housing. He was again elected as a councillor for Newry and Mourne District Council from the Crotlieve electoral area in 2005.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/members/biogs/mmurphy.htm NI Assembly Biography
  2. http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/asd.htm 1998 NI Assembly Election Results