Bernadette Devlin McAliskey Politician

Josephine Bernadette Devlin McAliskey (born 23 April 1947), usually known as Bernadette Devlin or Bernadette McAliskey, is an Irish socialist and republican political activist. She served as a Member of the UK Parliament from 1969 to 1974 for the Mid Ulster constituency, in which role she slapped the Home Secretary, Reginald Maudling, as a reaction to his comments on Bloody Sunday. She lost her seat to John Dunlop of the Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party, after coming third in a four-sided contest in the general election of February 1974.

Personal facts

Bernadette Devlin McAliskey
Alias (AKA)Devlin Bernadette
Birth dateApril 23, 1947
Birth place
Northern Ireland , County Tyrone , Cookstown
Nationality
Irish nationality law
Education
Queen's University Belfast

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Office holder

election majority18213
other party
Irish Republican Socialist Party
party
Independent (politician)
region
Mid Ulster (UK Parliament constituency)
successor
John Dunlop (Unionist politician)

Bernadette Devlin McAliskey on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/events/crights/devlin69.htm
  2. http://lark.phoblacht.net/deportee.html
  3. http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2807094.ece