Eugene McMenamin (1947), is an Irish nationalist former politician from

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(MLA) for West Tyrone from

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Career

In June 1998 he was elected to the

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as the first

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to be in government from

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in over 300 years. McMenamin was his party's spokesperson on Culture, Arts and Leisure from 1998 until 2003 and was in approx 2007 the Party Spokesperson on Western Development. After being elected as Chairman of

Strabane District Council Strabane District Council (; Ulster Scots dialects, Ulster-Scots: ''Stràbane Destrìck Cooncil'') was a local council in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland established by the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972. It merged with Derry City ...

in 2002, he was re-elected to the Assembly in November 2003 but lost his seat in 2007. In the Northern Ireland Assembly, McMenamin served on numerous Committees: * Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Investment; * Committee of the Centre * Committee on Culture, Arts and Leisure. * Committee of the Third World. He stood as an independent candidate for West Tyrone in the

elections in 2011, but was not elected.

References

External links

McMenamin's profile on councillor.info
{{DEFAULTSORT:McMenamin, Eugene 1947 births Living people Members of Strabane District Council Social Democratic and Labour Party MLAs People from Strabane Northern Ireland MLAs 1998–2003 Northern Ireland MLAs 2003–2007