Michael Murphy (born 6 February 1942) is an

Irish nationalist Irish nationalism is a nationalist political movement which, in its broadest sense, asserts that the people of Ireland should govern Ireland as a sovereign state. Since the mid-19th century, Irish nationalism has largely taken the form of c ...

politician in

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

. Active in

Irish republicanism Irish republicanism ( ga, poblachtánachas Éireannach) is the political movement for the unity and independence of Ireland under a republic. Irish republicans view British rule in any part of Ireland as inherently illegitimate. The develop ...

after getting involved with the

Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association ) was an organisation that campaigned for civil rights in Northern Ireland during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Formed in Belfast on 9 April 1967,

of the 1960s, he worked as a publican. In 1996 he was elected as a member of the

Northern Ireland Forum The Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue was a body set up in 1996 as part of a process of negotiations that eventually led to the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. The forum was elected, with five members being elected for each Westmin ...

for

Sinn Féin Sinn Féin ( , ; en, " eOurselves") is an Irish republican and democratic socialist political party active throughout both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The original Sinn Féin organisation was founded in 1905 by Arthur G ...

in South Down. Murphy was the unsuccessful Sinn Féin candidate for South Down in the 1997 election to the

United Kingdom Parliament The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative supremac ...

; a few months later he was elected to

Newry and Mourne District Council Newry and Mourne District Council ( ga, Comhairle an Iúir agus Mhúrn) was a local council in Northern Ireland. It merged with Down District Council in May 2015 under local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland to become Newry, Mourne a ...

. He was then elected from the same constituency to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 1998.1998 NI Assembly Election Results
He was Sinn Féin spokesperson on Housing. He was again elected as a councillor for

from the Crotlieve electoral area in 2005.

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1942 births Living people People from Banbridge Members of the Northern Ireland Forum Northern Ireland MLAs 1998–2003 Mayors of places in Northern Ireland Members of Newry and Mourne District Council Sinn Féin MLAs Sinn Féin councillors in Northern Ireland Sinn Féin parliamentary candidates {{SinnFéin-politician-stub