Fra McCann | |
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| Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for West Belfast | |
| In office 26 November 2003 – November 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Alex Maskey |
| Succeeded by | Aisling Reilly |
| Member of Belfast City Council | |
| In office 1987 – 5 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Will Glendinning |
| Succeeded by | Colin Keenan |
| Constituency | Lower Falls |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 June 1953 [1] Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Political party | Sinn Féin |
| Website | Fra McCann MLA |
Fra McCann (born 19 June 1953) is a retired Irish Sinn Féin politician and former Republican prisoner.
McCann became active in the Irish republican movement and was imprisoned in the 1970s for membership of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, and took part in the blanket protest while in prison.[2]
As a politician, he was a Belfast City Councillor for the Lower Falls DEA from 1987 to 2011.
He latterly served as a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Belfast West from 2003 to 2021.
- ^ Profile, niassembly.gov.uk; accessed 5 March 2017.
- ^ Eimear McGovern (10 December 2019). "Sinn Féin MLA Fra McCann reveals prostate cancer diagnosis". Belfasttelegraph. Retrieved 12 February 2020.