Richie McPhillips | |
Constituency Am: | Fermanagh and South Tyrone |
Assembly: | Northern Ireland |
Term Start: | 5 May 2016 |
Term End: | 30 January 2017 |
Predecessor: | Phil Flanagan |
Successor: | Jemma Dolan |
Office1: | Member of Fermanagh and Omagh District Council |
Constituency1: | Erne East |
Term Start1: | 22 May 2014 |
Term End1: | 5 May 2016 |
Predecessor1: | New council |
Successor1: | Garbhan McPhillips |
Birthname: | Richard Patrick McPhillips |
Birth Date: | 7 July 1957 |
Birth Place: | Newtownbutler, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland |
Nationality: | Irish |
Party: | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
Spouse: | Agnes McPhillips |
Children: | 3 |
Residence: | Lisnaskea |
Website: | http://www.sdlp.ie/people/ritchie-mcphillips/ |
Richard Patrick "Richie" McPhillips (born 7 July 1957) is a Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician from Northern Ireland.He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Fermanagh and South Tyrone from the 2016 Assembly election until his defeat 10 months later at the 2017 election.[1]
Having previously worked as an insurance broker, he was elected in the 2014 Local Council Elections to serve as a councillor for the newly established Fermanagh and Omagh District Council (amassing 1,015 first preference votes (12.9%) in the Erne East DEA).[2]