Denis Haughey

Denis Haughey (born 3 October 1944) is a former Irish nationalist politician in Northern Ireland.

Background Born in Coalisland, Haughey studied politics at Queens University, Belfast, becoming involved in the civil rights movement and the first Chair of the Tyrone Civil Rights Association and a founder member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), before becoming a teacher. He unsuccessfully contested North Antrim in the 1975 election to the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention

In 1980, Haughey left teaching to work as the full-time assistant to SDLP leader John Hume. At the 1998 Assembly election, he was again elected for Mid Ulster.