Gerry McHugh | |
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 McHugh's constituency office inEnniskillen in 2009 | |
| Member of theNorthern Ireland Assembly forFermanagh & South Tyrone | |
| In office 7 March 2007 – 5 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Tom O'Reilly |
| Succeeded by | Sean Lynch |
| In office 25 June 1998 – 26 November 2003 | |
| Preceded by | New Creation |
| Succeeded by | Tom O'Reilly |
| Member of Fermanagh District Council | |
| In office 21 May 1997 – 5 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | John McManus |
| Succeeded by | Sean Lynch |
| Constituency | Enniskillen |
| In office 19 May 1993 – 21 May 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Plunkett O'Neill |
| Succeeded by | Brian McCaffery |
| Constituency | Erne East |
| Northern Ireland Forum member forFermanagh and South Tyrone | |
| In office 30 May 1996 – 25 April 1998 | |
| Preceded by | New forum |
| Succeeded by | Forum dissolved |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Political party | Aontú (2019-present) Fianna Fáil (2009-2019) Independent (2007-2009) Sinn Féin (1993-2007) |
Gerry McHugh (born 9 October 1957) is anIrish Republican politician, active inNorthern Ireland, who was aMember of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) forFermanagh and South Tyrone from1998 to2003, and then again from2007 to2011.
Additionally, McHugh was aFermanagh District Councillor for theEnniskillen DEA from1997 to2011, having previously represented theErne East DEA from1993 to 1997.
Formerly a member ofSinn Féin, he resigned from the party in 2007, remaining an independent for the remainder of his time as an MLA and councillor.
McHugh is a past pupil ofSt Comhghall's Secondary School inLisnaskea.
He was elected, as aSinn Féin member, ontoFermanagh District Council at the1993 local elections, representing theErne East District.
He was elected to theEnniskillen District at the1997 local elections.
He was elected to theNorthern Ireland Forum in 1996, then to theNorthern Ireland Assembly at the1998 election as a Sinn Féin member forFermanagh and South Tyrone. He lost his seat in2003, but regained it in2007. His fellow Sinn Féin member on both occasions wasMichelle Gildernew.
He became an independent on 29 November 2007, citing his perceived problems with lack of democracy in his former party.[1][2]
On 30 November 2009, he announced that he was a member ofFianna Fáil.[3] However, he was not allowed represent the party in Stormont nor sit on a Council for them and did not contest the2011 Assembly election accordingly. Instead McHugh stood as an independent in Erne East at the2011 local elections, but was not elected.[4]
On 2 February 2019The Impartial Reporter reported that McHugh had joinedAontú, a newpro-life nationalist party founded byPeadar Tóibín.[5] In theMay 2019 local election, he was the party's candidate stood in the six-seat Erne EastDistrict Electoral Area forFermanagh and Omagh District Council, finishing last of ten candidates.[6]
| Northern Ireland Forum | ||
|---|---|---|
| New forum | Member forFermanagh and South Tyrone 1996–1998 | Forum dissolved |
| Northern Ireland Assembly | ||
| New assembly | MLA forFermanagh & South Tyrone 1998–2003 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | MLA forFermanagh & South Tyrone 2007–2011 | Succeeded by |