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Gerry McHugh
Gerry McHugh
	McHugh's constituency office in Enniskillen in 2009
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly; for Fermanagh & South Tyrone
	In office; 7 March 2007 – 5 May 2011
Preceded by	Tom O'Reilly
Succeeded by	Sean Lynch
	In office; 25 June 1998 – 26 November 2003
Preceded by	New Creation
Succeeded by	Tom O'Reilly
Member of ; Fermanagh District Council
	In office; 21 May 1997 – 5 May 2011
Preceded by	John McManus
Succeeded by	Séan Lynch
Constituency	Enniskillen
	In office; 19 May 1993 – 21 May 1997
Preceded by	Plunkett O'Neill
Succeeded by	Brian McCaffery
Constituency	Erne East
Personal details
Born	County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Political party	Aontú (2019-present); Fianna Fáil (2009-2019); Independent (2007-2009); Sinn Féin (1993-2007)

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Gerry McHugh (born 9 October 1957) is an Irish Republican politician, active in Northern Ireland, who was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Fermanagh and South Tyrone from 1998 to 2003, and then again from 2007 to 2011.

Additionally, McHugh was a Fermanagh District Councillor for the Enniskillen DEA from 1997 to 2011, having previously represented the Erne East DEA from 1993 to 1997.

Formerly a member of Sinn Féin, he resigned from the party in 2007, remaining an independent for the remainder of his time as an MLA and councillor.

He was elected to the Enniskillen District at the 1997 local elections.

He was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum in 1996, then to the Northern Ireland Assembly at the 1998 election as a Sinn Féin member for Fermanagh and South Tyrone. He lost his seat in 2003, but regained it in 2007. His fellow Sinn Féin member on both occasions was Michelle Gildernew.

He became an independent on 29 November 2007, citing his perceived problems with lack of democracy in his former party.^[1]^[2]

On 30 November 2009, he announced that he was a member of Fianna Fáil.^[3] He did not contest the 2011 Assembly election.

McHugh stood as an independent in Erne East at the 2011 local elections, but was not elected.^[4]

On 2 February 2019 The Impartial Reporter reported that McHugh had joined Aontú, a new pro-life nationalist party founded by Peadar Tóibín.^[5] In the May 2019 local election, he was the party's candidate stood in the six-seat Erne East District Electoral Area for Fermanagh and Omagh District Council, finishing last of ten candidates.^[6]

Northern Ireland Forum
New forum	Member for Fermanagh and South Tyrone 1996–1998	Forum dissolved
Northern Ireland Assembly
New assembly	MLA for Fermanagh & South Tyrone 1998–2003	Succeeded by Tom O'Reilly
Preceded by Tom O'Reilly	MLA for Fermanagh & South Tyrone 2007–2011	Succeeded by Sean Lynch

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 | successor           = [[Sean Lynch (politician)|Sean Lynch]]
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+| office3             = Member of <br/> [[Fermanagh District Council]]
+| constituency3       = [[Enniskillen (District Electoral Area)|Enniskillen]]
+| term_start3         = 21 May 1997
+| term_end3           = 5 May 2011
+| predecessor3        = John McManus
+| successor3          = [[Séan Lynch (politician)|Séan Lynch]]
+| constituency4       = [[Erne East (District Electoral Area)|Erne East]]
+| term_start4         = 19 May 1993
+| term_end4           = 21 May 1997
+| predecessor4        = Plunkett O'Neill
+| successor4          = Brian McCaffery
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 | birth_place         = [[County Tyrone]], [[Northern Ireland]]