Education
McNamee was educated at Street Patrick"s College, Armagh, Abbey Grammar School, Newry and at the University of Ulster.
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Pat McNamee
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He was elected in the 1998 election to the Northern Ireland Assembly as a Sinn Féin member for Newry & Armagh. When Paul Quinn (21) of Cullyhanna was brutally beaten to death by a gang of men wearing balaclavas and overalls in October 2007 Pat McNamee joined the Quinn Support Group to seek justice for his family. Pat McNamee was a councillor on Newry & Mourne District Council from 1997 to 1998.
He was a councillor on Armagh City and District Council from 2001 to 2005.
He left Sinn Féin prior to the general election in May 2005, and decided not to stand for Sinn Féin in the local Government Elections in May 2005.
Politics
He is not currently a member of any political party.
Membership
1st Northern Ireland Assembly]
McNamee was also a Member of Northern Ireland Forum, 1996–2001 and a Member of Newry and Mourne District Council, 1997-2001. He contributed to a Spotlight programme on British Broadcasting Corporation in November 2007 and stated that he believed that "members of the provisional Ireland Republican Army were responsible for Paul Quinn"s death.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Sinn Féin