{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Arthur Doherty | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = 150px | alt = | caption = | constituency_AM = Londonderry, East | assembly = Northern Ireland | majority = | term_start = 25 June 1998 | term_end = 1 September 2002 | predecessor = ''New Creation'' | successor = Michael Coyle | office1 = Mayor of Limavady | term_start1 = 1993 | term_end1 = 1994 | predecessor1 = | successor1 = | office2 = Member of Limavady Borough Council | constituency2 = Bellarena | term_start2 = 15 May 1985 | term_end2 = 7 June 2001 | predecessor2 = District created | successor2 = Gerry Mullan | constituency3 = Limavady Area A | term_start3 = 18 May 1977 | term_end3 = 15 May 1985 | predecessor3 = James Boylan | successor3 = District abolished | office4 = Member of the Northern Ireland Forum <br> for East Londonderry | term_start4 = 30 May 1996 | term_end4 = 25 April 1998 | birth_date = {{birth date|1932|01|19|df=yes}} | birth_place = County Donegal, Ireland | death_date = {{death date and age|2003|02|6|1932|01|19|df=yes}} | death_place = | resting_place = | birth_name = | party = Social Democratic and Labour Party | other_party = | spouse = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Arthur Doherty''' (19 January 1932 – 6 February 2003) was a Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician, who was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for East Londonderry from 1998 to 2002.
==Background== Born in County Donegal, Doherty studied in Strabane, then at St Columb's College in Derry before becoming a teacher. He later studied Education and Arts and Design at the University of Ulster and became active in the Irish National Teachers Organisation.<ref name="biog">[http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/members/biogs/adoherty.htm Biography – Arthur Doherty, Northern Ireland Assembly] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929102923/http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/members/biogs/adoherty.htm |date=September 29, 2007 }}</ref>
===Political career=== Doherty was involved in the civil rights movement, and joined the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), later serving on its executive.<ref name="telegraph">"[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930180827/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/imported/article857780.ece SDLP champion Arthur Doherty dies aged 71]", ''Belfast Telegraph''</ref> He was elected to Limavady Borough Council in 1977, serving as Mayor of Limavady in 1993. In 1996, he was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum representing East Londonderry, and he held his seat at the 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election.<ref name="biog" /> He resigned from the Assembly with effect from 1 September 2002 and was replaced by Michael Coyle.<ref>[http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/ael.htm East Londonderry], Northern Ireland Elections</ref> He died the following year, after a short illness.<ref name="telegraph" />
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{{s-start}} {{s-par|ni/for}} {{s-new | Forum}} {{s-ttl | title = Member for East Londonderry | years = 1996–1998 }} {{s-non | reason = Forum dissolved }}
{{s-par|ni/ass}} {{s-new | Assembly }} {{s-ttl | title = MLA for East Londonderry | years = 1998–2002 }} {{s-aft | after = Michael Coyle }} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Doherty, Arthur}} Category:1932 births Category:2003 deaths Category:Members of the Northern Ireland Forum Category:Northern Ireland MLAs 1998–2003 Category:Social Democratic and Labour Party MLAs Category:Mayors of places in Northern Ireland Category:Members of Limavady Borough Council Category:Politicians from County Donegal Category:People educated at St Columb's College