- John Fee
John Fitzgerald Fee (
7 December 1963 –10 November 2007 ) was an Irish nationalistpolitician fromCounty Armagh who served in theNorthern Ireland Assembly .Career
Born in
Newry , Fee was educated at St Patrick's Primary School inCrossmaglen and St Colman's College in Newry before attendingQueen's University Belfast . He worked as the Editor of the "Creggan Historical Journal" from 1986 before in 1988 becoming the Parliamentary Research Assistant toSeamus Mallon , theSocial Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)Member of Parliament for Newry and Armagh.Fee was elected to
Newry and Mourne District Council for the SDLP in 1989, and in 1998 was chosen as one of Northern Ireland's representatives on the EuropeanCommittee of the Regions . He served on the Rural Development Council for Northern Ireland from 1990 to 1994. Fee was attacked by republicans in 1994 [ [http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch94.htm CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1994] ] , shortly after making criticisms of the IRA over a mortar attack carried out in his home village ofCrossmaglen [ [http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0441/D.0441.199404120157.html Dáil Éireann - Volume 441 - 12 April, 1994 - Adjournment Debate. - Crossmaglen, Armagh, Security.] ] .At the
Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1998 , he was elected for Newry and Armagh. [ [http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/members/biogs/jfee.htm Biography - John Fee] ,Northern Ireland Assembly ] He sat on the Assembly Commission, which was in charge of the Assembly's organisation and financial management; as such he introduced the Financial Assistance for Political Parties Bill, [http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/record/reports/991206b.htm Official Report, Northern Ireland Assembly, 6 December 1999] .] which became the first Bill to pass into law through the Assembly. He lost his Assembly seat at the 2003 election. [ [http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/ananda.htm Newry and Armagh] , Northern Ireland Elections] He did not contest his council seat in 2005. [ [http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgnandm.htm Newry & Mourne District Council Elections, 1993 - 2005] , Northern Ireland Elections]Death
John Fee died on 10 November 2007 as a result of a
brain tumour . [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7089556.stm Former SDLP assembly member dies] ]References
*"Who Was Who", A & C Black.
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