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Declan McAleer

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Declan McAleer
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for West Tyrone
Assumed office
2 July 2012
Preceded byPat Doherty
Member of
Omagh District Council
In office
5 May 2005 – 22 May 2014
Preceded byBarney McAteer
Succeeded byCouncil abolished
ConstituencyMid Tyrone
Personal details
Born (1973-07-10) 10 July 1973 (age 51)
County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
NationalityIrish
Political partySinn Féin

Declan McAleer (born 10 July 1973) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who was selected by his party as a member (MLA) of the Northern Ireland Assembly to represent the West Tyrone[1] constituency in June 2012.

Political career

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He replaced his party colleague Pat Doherty, an abstentionist MP in the parliament of the United Kingdom, who had resigned from the Northern Ireland Assembly as part of Sinn Féin's policy of abolishing double jobbing. He previously served on a local council.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Declan McAleer MLA, West Tyrone". TheyWorkForYou. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  2. ^ Profile Archived 3 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine, sinnfein.ie; accessed 14 May 2016.
Northern Ireland Assembly
Preceded by MLA for West Tyrone
2012–present
Incumbent