Cathal Ó hOisín

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Cathal Ó hOisín
Cathal Ó hOisín.jpg
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for East Londonderry
In office
2011–2016
Preceded byBilly Leonard
Succeeded byCaoimhe Archibald
Personal details
Born (1963-03-18) 18 March 1963 (age 58) [1]
Dungiven, Northern Ireland
NationalityIrish
Political partySinn Féin
WebsiteCathal Ó hOisín MLA

Cathal Ó hOisín is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who was elected as an MLA to the Northern Ireland Assembly to represent the East Londonderry constituency in May 2011.[2] He lost his seat to his party running mate Caoimhe Archibald at the 2016 election.

Ó hOisín was educated at Saint Patrick's College, Maghera and Magee College, Derry.[3] He was first elected to Limavady Borough Council at the 2005 local elections for the Benbradagh electoral area.[4] He served as Mayor of Limavady from 2009 to 2010.[5] At the 2010 general election, he stood unsuccessfully in East Londonderry, taking second place with 19.3% of the vote.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Mr Cathal Ó hOisín Northern Ireland Assembly
  2. ^ "East Londonderry election results". BBC News. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  3. ^ Biography, Sinn Féin website Archived 18 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine accessed 9 May 2011
  4. ^ Limavady election results
  5. ^ "Mayoral invitation for threatened clergyman" Belfast Telegraph, 3 March 2010
  6. ^ "East Londonderry: Gregory Campbell is re-elected", BBC News, 7 May 2010

External links[]

Northern Ireland Assembly
Preceded by MLA for East Londonderry
2011–2016
Succeeded by
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