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Patrick O'Donoghue (politician)

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Patrick O'Donoghue
MPA for South Down
In office
1982–1986
Member for South Down
In office
1975–1976
Assembly Member for South Down
In office
1973–1974
Personal details
Born1930 (1930)
Castlewellan, County Down, Northern Ireland
Died1989 (aged 58–59)
Political partySocial Democratic and Labour

Patrick O'Donoghue (1930–1989) was a Northern Ireland politician active in the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) for a number of years.

Biography

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A native of Castlewellan and an active member of the Gaelic Athletic Association and Association for Legal Justice, O'Donoghue represented the SDLP on Down District Council from 1973 to 1985.[1]

O'Donoghue was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in the 1973 election for South Down and served as Deputy Speaker of this body.[1] He also served in the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention and returned to the Assembly in the 1982 election.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c W.D. Flackes & Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968–1993, Belfast: Blackstaff Press, 1994, p. 250
Northern Ireland Assembly (1973)
New assembly Assembly Member for South Down
1973–1974
Assembly abolished
Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention
New convention Member for South Down
1975–1976
Convention dissolved
Northern Ireland Assembly (1982)
New assembly MPA for South Down
1982–1986
Assembly abolished