Groogan held the Sperrin seat, heading the poll in each council election from 1993 to 2005.[2] He became the first Sinn Féin Chairperson of Magherafelt District Council, and served a second term starting in 2004.[1] He was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum in Mid Ulster, but he did not stand in the subsequent 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election.[3]
In 2006, Groogan resigned from Sinn Féin, along with Oliver Hughes, but continued to sit on the council as an independent. Hughes described their resignations as "purely a domestic issue", but the Sunday Times speculated that they may have been in protest at a lack of internal party democracy.[4]
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^ ab"Groogan elected Chair of Magherafelt District Council", An Phoblacht, 17 June 2004
^Magherafelt District Council Elections 1993-2005, Northern Ireland Elections
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