Richie McPhillips

{{Short description|Politician from Northern Ireland (born 1957)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}}

{{Use Irish English|date=February 2017}}

{{Infobox MLA

|honorific-prefix =

|name = Richie McPhillips

|image = Richie McPhillips, MLA 2016.jpg

|imagesize =

|alt =

|caption = McPhillips in 2016

|constituency_AM = Fermanagh and South Tyrone

|assembly = Northern Ireland

|majority =

|term_start = 5 May 2016

|term_end = 30 January 2017

|predecessor = Phil Flanagan

|successor = Jemma Dolan

| office1 = Member of
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council

| constituency1 = Erne East

| term_start1 = 22 May 2014

| term_end1 = 5 May 2016

| predecessor1 = New council

| successor1 = Garbhan McPhillips

|birthname = Richard Patrick McPhillips

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|07|07|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Newtownbutler, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland

|death_date =

|death_place =

|nationality = Irish

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|spouse = Agnes McPhillips

|children = 3

|residence = Lisnaskea

|website = http://www.sdlp.ie/people/ritchie-mcphillips/

}}

Richard Patrick "Richie" McPhillips (born 7 July 1957) is a Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician from Northern Ireland.

He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Fermanagh and South Tyrone from the 2016 Assembly election until his defeat 10 months later at the 2017 election.{{cite web|title=Fermanagh & South Tyrone – Northern Ireland Assembly constituency – Election 2017|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/northern-ireland-constituencies/N06000007|website=BBC News|access-date=15 January 2018}}

Having previously worked as an insurance broker, he was elected in the 2014 Local Council Elections to serve as a councillor for the newly established Fermanagh and Omagh District Council (amassing 1,015 first preference votes (12.9%) in the Erne East DEA).{{cite web|author=Dr Nicholas Whyte|title=Fermanagh and Omagh Council|url=http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/nlgfo.htm|website=Ark.ac.uk|date=2 November 2014|accessdate=15 January 2018}}