Pat Doherty

For other people named Patrick Doherty, see Patrick Doherty (disambiguation).

For the English boxer of the 1980s, see Pat Doherty (boxer).

Pat Doherty


Vice President of Sinn Féin
In office 1988–2009
President	Gerry Adams
Succeeded by	Mary Lou McDonald
Member of Parliament for West Tyrone
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 June 2001
Preceded by	William Thompson
Majority	10,685 (28.7%)
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for West Tyrone
In office 25 June 1998 – June 2012
Preceded by	new office
Succeeded by	Declan McAleer
Personal details
Born	(1945-07-18) 18 July 1945 Glasgow, Scotland
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Sinn Féin
Website	Pat Doherty MP

Patrick Doherty (born 18 July 1945) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician, currently the abstentionist Member of Parliament for West Tyrone. He was a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for the Assembly constituency of the same name from June 1998 to June 2012. 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]

Political career

Doherty was born in Glasgow; his parents were from County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. He moved to Donegal in 1968, shortly before the Troubles broke out across the Irish 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 from the 1998 elections until 2012. He has also stood for election in the Republic of Ireland, in the constituency of Donegal North-East in 1989, 1996 (a 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]

Personal life

According to The Times Guide to the House of Commons, Pat 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.^[5] He is the brother of former Provisional IRA member Hugh Doherty, known for his involvement in the Balcombe Street siege.^[6]

Over a two-and-a-half-year period Doherty spent £16,000 on printer cartridges, an amount that he admitted was "probably excessive".^[7]

In 2012, to some surprise, Doherty supported funding for a loyalist flute band in Castlederg. He praised the band in the application for reaching out to "all sections of the community".^[8] The band had sought support for its funding application from a community group who then, unbeknownst to the band, reached out to Doherty. A spokesman for the band, whose website features a song commemorating deceased Ulster Volunteer Force killer Brian Robinson, distanced themselves from the application, claiming the band were unaware of Doherty's support and did not want it. He added that "The band harbours nothing but contempt for Irish republicanism and its attacks on their community". Four of the band's members were killed by the IRA.^[9]

References

↑ Fermanagh and South Tyrone 1998
↑ "Doherty stands down in reshuffle". BBC News. 8 January 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
↑ "Pat Doherty MP". Sinn Féin. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-03-27.
↑ "House of Commons Hansard Debates for 26 May 2002 (pt 8)". House of Commons. 26 May 2002. Retrieved 2007-03-27.
↑ The Times Guide to the House of Commons 2010, Times Books
↑ "Balcombe Street gang to be freed". BBC. 9 April 1999. Retrieved 2007-03-27.
↑ "The Journal - SF politician runs up £16k bill on printer toner cartridges (yes, again)". The Journal. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
↑ "Sinn Féin MP Pat Doherty backed loyalist band cash bid" BBC News 30 August 2012
↑ "Flute band shocked by SF support" The Newsletter 3 September 2012

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Party political offices
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 1998–2012	Succeeded by Declan McAleer
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Thompson	Member of Parliament for West Tyrone 2001–present	Incumbent

Parliamentarians of Northern Ireland

UK Parliament	Mickey Brady Gregory Campbell Nigel Dodds Pat Doherty Jeffrey Donaldson Mark Durkan Tom Elliott Sylvia Hermon Danny Kinahan Paul Maskey Alasdair McDonnell Francie Molloy Ian Paisley Junior Margaret Ritchie Gavin Robinson Jim Shannon David Simpson Sammy Wilson

European Parliament	Martina Anderson Diane Dodds Jim Nicholson

Sinn Féin

History

Leadership

Presidents	Edward Martyn (1905–08) John Sweetman (1908–11) Arthur Griffith (1911–17) 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	John Sweetman (1905–07) Arthur Griffith (1905–08; 1917–22) Bulmer Hobson (1907–10) Jennie Wyse Power (1911–) Thomas Kelly (1911–) Fr. Michael O'Flanagan (1917–23) P. J. Ruttledge (1923–26) Mary MacSwiney John Madden John J. O'Kelly (1931-33) Margaret Buckley (1933–35; 1952–60) Liam Raul (1933-37) Tom Maguire (1935-37) Seamus Mitchell Padraig de Paor Criostóir O'Neill Michael Traynor (1950–54; 1962) Tomás Ó Dubhghaill (1950–52; 1954–62) Tony Magan (1960–62) 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–)

Seanad leaders	Pearse Doherty (2007–10) David Cullinane (2011–)

Assembly leaders	Gerry Adams (2007–10) Raymond McCartney (2010–)

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–)

Party structures

Leader of Sinn Féin Ardfheis Sinn Féin Front Bench Sinn Féin Republican Youth An Phoblacht Friends of Sinn Féin

Presidential candidates

Martin McGuinness (2011)

Elected representatives

Dáil Éireann	Adams Brady Buckley Crowe Cullinane P. Doherty Ellis M. Ferris Funchion M. Kenny McDonald Mitchell Munster Nolan J. O'Brien Ó Broin Ó Caoláin Ó Laoghaire O'Reilly Ó Snodaigh Quinlivan Stanley Tóibín

Seanad Éireann	David Cullinane Trevor Ó Clochartaigh Kathryn Reilly

European Parliament	Martina Anderson Lynn Boylan Matt Carthy Liadh Ní Riada

Northern Ireland Assembly	Caoimhe Archibald Cathal Boylan Michaela Boyle Linda Dillon Megan Fearon Órlaithí Flynn Michelle Gildernew Chris Hazzard Declan Kearney Gerry Kelly Seán Lynch Alex Maskey Declan McAleer Fra McCann Raymond McCartney Barry McElduff Martin McGuinness Daithí McKay Oliver McMullan Ian Milne Conor Murphy Carál Ní Chuilín John O'Dowd Michelle O'Neill Sue Ramsey Caitríona Ruane Catherine Seeley Patrick Sheehan

Westminister (Abstentionist)	Mickey Brady Pat Doherty Paul Maskey Francie Molloy

Alliances

European United Left–Nordic Green Left

Provisional Irish Republican Army

General

Organisation

Attacks

Insurgency, 1969–1977	Battle of St Matthew's 1970 RUC booby-trap bombing Scottish soldiers' killings Balmoral showroom bombing Abercorn bombing Donegall St bombing Battle at Springmartin Bloody Friday Claudy bombing Coleraine bombings M62 coach bombing Guildford pub bombings Brook's Club Bomb Attack British Airways bombing attempt Birmingham pub bombings Bayardo Bar attack Caterham Arms pub bombing London Hilton bombing Green Park Tube Station Bombing Scott's (restaurant) bombing Walton's Restaurant bombing Drummuckavall ambush Balcombe Street siege Kingsmill massacre

Long War, 1977–1988	Jonesboro Gazelle downing La Mon restaurant bombing Warrenpoint ambush Dunmurry train explosion Lough Foyle attacks Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings Harrods bombing Woolwich barracks Brighton hotel bombing Ballygawley Land Mine Attack Newry mortar attack Ballygawley attack JHQ Rheindahlen bombing (Germany)

Peace Process, 1988–1998	Corporals killings Lisburn van bombing 1988 Netherlands Attacks Ballygawley bus bombing Jonesborough ambush Deal barracks bombing Derryard attack Derrygorry Gazelle downing RFA Fort Victoria bombing Proxy bombings Downing St mortar attack Mullacreevie ambush Glenanne barracks bombing Teebane bombing Cloghoge attack 1992 Manchester bombing South Armagh sniper campaign Warrington bomb attacks Cullaville occupation Bishopsgate bombing Battle of Newry Road Shankill Road bombing Crossmaglen Lynx downing Drumcree conflict Docklands bombing 1996 Manchester bombing Osnabrück mortar attack Thiepval barracks bombing Coalisland attack July 1997 riots

Chiefs of Staff

Seán Mac Stíofáin (1969–72)
Joe Cahill (1972–73)
Seamus Twomey (1973)
Éamonn O'Doherty (1973–74)
Seamus Twomey (1974–77)
Gerry Adams (1977–78)
Martin McGuinness (1978–82)
Ivor Bell (1982–83)
Kevin McKenna (1983–97)
Thomas "Slab" Murphy (1997–2005)

Personalities
(Volunteers)

Espionage &
Supergrasses

Denis Donaldson
Freddie Scappaticci (allegedly "Stakeknife")
Martin McGartland
Raymond Gilmour
Kevin Fulton
Joseph Fenton
Eamon Collins

Associates

Derivatives

Prominent killings

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