Education
Ferguson graduated from Queen"s University Belfast in 1989 and became involved in politics.
Ferguson graduated from Queen"s University Belfast in 1989 and became involved in politics.
He served as a councillor on Lisburn City Council and as an Modern Language Association for Belfast West. In 1989, Ferguson was elected as a Sinn Féin representative on Lisburn City Council. In 2003, he was also elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly, to represent Belfast West.
Ferguson died on 24 September 2006 from testicular cancer.
He had spoken about the illness to the Irish News (a Belfast-based daily newspaper), saying "Men are neglectful of their own health and do not visit their doctors.".
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