Barry McElduff

Barry McElduff
Member of
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
Assumed office
4 May 2019
Preceded byJoanne Donnelly
ConstituencyOmagh
Member of Parliament
for West Tyrone
In office
8 June 2017 – 16 January 2018
Preceded byPat Doherty
Succeeded byÓrfhlaith Begley
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for West Tyrone
In office
25 June 1998 – 9 June 2017
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byCatherine Kelly
Member of
Omagh District Council
In office
7 June 2001 – 5 May 2011
Preceded byKevin McQuaid
Succeeded byGlenn Campbell
ConstituencyWest Tyrone
Northern Ireland Forum Member
for West Tyrone
In office
30 May 1996 – 25 April 1998
Preceded byNew forum
Succeeded byForum dissolved
Personal details
Born (1966-08-16) 16 August 1966 (age 58)
Aghagogan, Northern Ireland
Political partySinn Féin
SpousePaula McElduff
Alma materQueen's University Belfast

Columba Barry McElduff (Irish: Colmcille Barra Mac Giolla Dhuibh;[1] born 16 August 1966)[2][3] is an Irish Sinn Féin politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the West Tyrone UK parliament constituency. He was also a Member of the Legislative Assembly in the Northern Ireland Assembly from its creation in 1998 until his election as MP in 2017. He resigned his seat on 16 January 2018 after publishing a video of himself balancing a Kingsmill loaf on his head, on the date of the anniversary of the Kingsmill massacre.[4]

  1. ^ "Caithfidh an Aire obair ar son Foras na Gaeilge – Mac Giolla Dhuibh". www.sinnfein.ie. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Barry MC ELDUFF - Personal Appointments". Companies House. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Barry McElduff (@BarryMcElduff)". Twitter. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Barry McElduff resigns as MP for West Tyrone". BBC News. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.