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| Affiliation | Sinn Féin |
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| Name | Mary Nelis |
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| Info | Mary Nelis is a mother of nine children, community activist and Sinn Féin councillor. Born in the Bogside area of Derry City she has been active in community and women's groups throughout her life. She campaigned for and initiated the first community group in Creggan in the 1960's and was also involved in organising the local women's group.
She helped to start community groups in the working class protestant and catholic housing estates in the 60's and early 70's. She was also involved with the Tenant's association, in the Civil Rights Campaigns and was founder member of the Derry Reading Workshop - a teachers co-operative for adult education and literacy skills.
Founder member in the seventies of the Relatives Action Committee, she travelled extensively with other relatives of prisoners to highlight conditions in the H-Blocks. She was a member of the SDLP for two years and stood as a candidate in 1974 local elections. She joined Sinn Féin in 1980 and was involved in the party's electoral strategy.
In 1985 she founded Dove House with young people as a resource centre. She also helped set up the Templemor Co-op in 1989 to give employment to local women.
She was elected as a Sinn Féin Councillor for the Northlands area of Derry in 1992 and as Assembly member for Foyle in 1998. She was Deputy Chair of the Culture, Arts and Leisure Committee and also a member of the Learning and Education Committee. She is party spokesperson on Human Rights.
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