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February 20, 1981 (age 36)Coleraine, Northern Ireland (
1981-02-20
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Caoimhe Archibald (born 20 February 1982) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who was elected as an MLA at the 2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election, to represent the East Londonderry constituency. She won the seat from her party running mate Cathal Ó hOisín.

A native of Coleraine, she was educated at Loreto College and Queen's University, Belfast. She graduated with a degree in plant pathology, and then worked for an agri-food company in Dublin.

Prior to her election in 2016, she unsuccessfully stood for election twice: firstly in East Londonderry at the 2011 Assembly election, when she received 2,639 votes; and in the Westminster East Londonderry constituency at the 2015 UK general election, polling 6,859 votes, equating to 19.8% of the total vote.

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