Declan McAleer

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Declan McAleer MLA
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for West Tyrone
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 July 2012
Preceded by	Pat Doherty
Member of Omagh District Council
In office 5 May 2005 – 22 May 2014
Preceded by	Barney McAteer
Succeeded by	Council abolished
Constituency	Mid Tyrone
Personal details
Born	(1973-07-10) 10 July 1973 (age 51) County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Sinn Féin

Declan McAleer (born 10 July 1973) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who was selected by his party as a member (MLA) of the Northern Ireland Assembly to represent the West Tyrone^[1] constituency in June 2012.

He replaced his party colleague Pat Doherty, an abstentionist MP in the parliament of the United Kingdom, who had resigned from the Northern Ireland Assembly as part of Sinn Féin's policy of abolishing double jobbing. He previously served on a local council.^[2]