Colin McGrath (born 21 October 1975) is a Social Democratic and Labour Party politician from Northern Ireland. He has been an MLA for South Down since the 2016 election. He was educated in St Patrick's Primary School, Saul, St Patrick's Grammar School, Downpatrick and Down College, Downpatrick. He graduated from the University of Ulster in 1998 in Community Youth Work. Colin was a Councillor on Down District Council from 2005 and was reelected in 2011 and in 2014 was elected to the newly formed 'supercouncil' Newry, Mourne & Down Council.