Tom O'Reilly is an Irish

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politician, serving as a Fermanagh and Omagh District councillor for the Erne East DEA since

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. O'Reilly was previously a

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(MLA) for Fermanagh and South Tyrone from

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Political career

O'Reilly first stood as a

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candidate for

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in 1997 and was first elected in 2001. He was re-elected in 2005 and 2011. At the

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, he was elected in Fermanagh and South Tyrone, although he chose to stand down at the 2007 election. In 2014 O'Reilly was elected onto the new

Fermanagh and Omagh District Council Fermanagh and Omagh District Council (; Ulster-Scots: ''Districk Cooncil o Fermanagh an Omey'') is a local authority in Northern Ireland and was established on 1 April 2015. It replaced Fermanagh District Council and Omagh District Council an ...

. O'Reilly was chosen by the members of Fermanagh and Omagh District Council to be the first Chairperson of the new Council.

References

Fermanagh District Council Elections 1993–2011
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