Early Life
Born in Glasgow, Doherty's parents were from County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. Doherty moved to Donegal in 1968, shortly before the Troubles broke out across the border. He has been an abstentionist Sinn Féin Member of Parliament of the British parliament for West Tyrone since 2001, as well as a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly since the 1998 elections. He has also stood for election in the Republic of Ireland, in the constituency of Donegal North–East in 1989, 1996 (by-election) and 1997 and also in the Connacht–Ulster constituency in the EU elections in 1989 and 1994.
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