Eddie McGrady
| Eddie McGrady | |
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In office 12 June 1987 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Enoch Powell |
| Succeeded by | Margaret Ritchie |
| Constituency | South Down |
| Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for South Down |
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In office 25 June 1998 – 26 November 2003 |
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| Preceded by | New Creation |
| Succeeded by | Margaret Ritchie |
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3 June 1935 Downpatrick, Northern Ireland |
| Died | 11 November 2013 (aged 78) Downpatrick, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | SDLP |
| Spouse(s) | Patricia McGrady |
| Children | Paula Jerry Conaill |
| Alma mater | Belfast Technical College |
| Profession | Accountant |
Edward Kevin McGrady (3 June 1935 – 11 November 2013) was an Irish nationalist politician from Northern Ireland and a member of the United Kingdom Parliament for South Down.
Born in Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland, one of eleven children, McGrady was educated at St Patrick's Grammar School, Downpatrick and at Belfast Technical College, where he trained as a chartered accountant, subsequently entering his family's accountancy firm.
McGrady entered politics in 1961 as an Independent Nationalist councillor on Downpatrick Urban Council, serving as chairman from 1964 until the council was replaced by Down District Council in 1973.
In the late 1960s he joined the National Democrats and stood for the party in the 1969 election to the Parliament of Northern Ireland in East Down, losing to the sitting MP and future Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Brian Faulkner.
In 1970 he became a founder member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), later serving as its first chairman (from 1971–1973). He sat on Down District Council from 1973 to 1989, serving as chairman from 1974–1975 and was also elected to all three regional assemblies in 1973, 1975 and 1982 representing South Down. In the 1973 power-sharing executive he was appointed as Head of the Department of Executive Planning and Co-ordination, serving from January to May 1974.
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