Pat McNamee is a nationalist politician in Northern Ireland. He was elected in the 1998 election to the Northern Ireland Assembly as a Sinn Féin member for Newry & Armagh. McNamee was educated at St Patrick's College, Armagh, Abbey Grammar School, Newry and at the University of Ulster. 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 BBC in November 2007 and stated that he believed that 'members of the provisional IRA were responsible for Paul Quinn's death