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Mitchel McLaughlin MLA
Spokesperson on the Environment
Incumbent
Assumed office
1998
ConstituencySouth Antrim
Personal details
Born (1945-10-29) October 29, 1945 (age 79)
Bogside, Derry, Northern Ireland
Political partySinn Féin
SpouseMary-Lou McLaughlin
WebsiteMitchel McLaughlin MLA

John Mitchel McLaughlin (born 29 October 1945) is the General Secretary of Sinn Fein and an MLA.

McLaughlin was born in Derry city, Northern Ireland and educated at Long Tower Boys School, Derry and Christian Brothers Technical College, Derry.

He is an elected member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Foyle.

In March 2007, McLaughlin topped the poll during the 2007 Assembly election for the South Antrim constituency.

Author Niall O'Dochartaigh quoted McLaughlin as saying he had joined the republican movement in 1966, and stayed with the Official IRA after the 1970 spilt but then later joined the Provisional IRA.

He is married and has three sons.

References

  1. Northern Ireland Assembly biography, retrieved 2006-12-24
  2. BBC News, retrieved 2006-12-24
  3. O'Dochartaigh, Niall. From Civil Rights to Armalites: Derry and the Birth of the Irish Troubles, Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, hardcover, ISBN 1-4039-4430-X


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