Mick Murphy (Sinn Féin politician)
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Member of the
Northern Ireland Forum |
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| In office 1996 – 1998 |
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| Constituency | South Down |
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Member of the
Northern Ireland Assembly |
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| In office 1998 – present |
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| Constituency | South Down |
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Councillor on
Newry and Mourne District Council |
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| Assumed office 1997 |
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| Born | 6 February 1942 Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland |
| Political party | Sinn Féin |
Michael Murphy (born 6 February 1942) is a nationalist politician in Northern Ireland. Active in republican politics since the civil rights campaigns 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 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 Sinn Féin Councillor for Newry and Mourne District Council from Crotlieve electoral area in 2005.
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