Mick Murphy (Sinn Féin politician)

For the Irish Socialist Party politician, see Mick Murphy (Irish Socialist Party).

For other people named Michael Murphy, see Michael Murphy (disambiguation).

Mick Murphy
Member of the Northern Ireland Forum
In office 1996–1998
Constituency	South Down
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
In office 1998 – present
Constituency	South Down
Councillor on Newry and Mourne District Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 1997
Personal details
Born	6 February 1942 (1942-02-06) (age 69) 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.

References

1. ^ NI Assembly Biography
2. ^ 1998 NI Assembly Election Results

Northern Ireland Assembly
Preceded by New creation	MLA for Down South 1998 - 2003	Succeeded by Caitriona Ruane

Persondata
Name	Murphy, Mick
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	6 February 1942
Place of birth	Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland
Date of death
Place of death