Fergus McAteer (born March 1946[1]) is an Irish accountant and former nationalist politician in Northern Ireland.
The son of Nationalist Party leader Eddie McAteer, Fergus was active in the civil rights movement of the late 1960s.
[3] In October 1977 he merged the Nationalist Party with Unity to form the Irish Independence Party (IIP), becoming joint chair with former Unity leader Frank McManus.
[4] He stood for the party in Londonderry at the 1979 general election, but could take only fourth place in the poll.
[3] McAteer narrowly held the seat in 1985[6] and the IIP overall saw their representation on local councils reduced from 21 members in 1981 to 4 members in 1985 and dissolved before the next local election, and McAteer did not restand in 1989.