Philip McGuigan

Philip McGuigan (born 1973) is a Northern Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for North Antrim since 2016, having previously served from 2003 to 2007. He is a former member of Ballymoney Borough Council.

Philip McGuigan
McGuigan in 2015
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Antrim North
Assumed office
30 August 2016
Preceded byDaithí McKay
In office
26 November 2003 – 7 March 2007
Preceded byGardiner Kane
Succeeded byDaithí McKay
Personal details
Born1973
Political partySinn Féin

He was raised in Swatragh, County Londonderry.

McGuigan was elected to the Assembly in 2003 representing North Antrim. He was elected to the Ballymoney Council in 2001, aged 27, with the highest vote of any of the sixteen elected council and then elected to the Causeway Coast and Glens Council in 2013. McGuigan was elected in the Assembly elections for North Antrim in 2003 but stood aside before Daithí McKay contested the election on behalf of Sinn Féin in 2007. He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 2005 general election to the House of Commons also for North Antrim. He returned to the Assembly in 2016, replacing McKay following the latter's resignation.[1] In the 2017 Assembly election, McGuigan became the first Sinn Féin candidate to top the poll in the North Antrim constituency.[2]

He and his wife Paula have four children, Rachael, Stephen, Cathair and Daithi. They live in Dunloy.[3]

References
  1. Profile, sinnfein.ie; accessed 3 March 2017.
  2. Farrell, Nevin (3 March 2017). "NI election: North Antrim complete - Sinn Fein's Philip McGuigan first elected in DUP heartland". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  3. Stewart, Linda (17 March 2020). "Me and my health: North Antrim MLA Philip McGuigan on his lifestyle" – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
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