Pat Doherty (Northern Ireland politician)

Pat Doherty
Doherty in 2014
Vice President of Sinn Féin
In office 10 February 1988 – 22 February 2009
President	Gerry Adams
Preceded by	John Joe McGirl
Succeeded by	Mary Lou McDonald
Member of Parliament for West Tyrone
In office 7 June 2001 – 3 May 2017
Preceded by	William Thompson
Succeeded by	Barry McElduff
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for West Tyrone
In office 25 June 1998 – June 2012
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Declan McAleer
Northern Ireland Forum Member
In office 30 May 1996 – 25 April 1998
Preceded by	New forum
Succeeded by	Forum dissolved
Constituency	Top-up list
Personal details
Born	(1945-07-18) 18 July 1945 (age 79) Glasgow, Scotland
Political party	Sinn Féin
Website	Pat Doherty MP

Patrick Doherty (born 18 July 1945) is a retired Sinn Féin politician, who served as the abstentionist Member of Parliament (MP) for West Tyrone from 2001 to 2017. He was also a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for West Tyrone from 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]