List of members of the 1st Northern Ireland Assembly

1st Northern Ireland Assembly
Overview
Legislative body	Assembly
Jurisdiction	Northern Ireland
Meeting place	Parliament Buildings,; Stormont
Term	1 July 1998 – 14 October 2002
Election	1998 assembly election
Government	Executive of the 1st Assembly
Members	108
Speaker	Lord Alderdice
First Minister	David Trimble; — Reg Empey; until 6 November 2001; — David Trimble; until 1 July 2001
Deputy First Minister	Mark Durkan; — Seamus Mallon; until 6 November 2001
Sessions
1st	1 July 1998 – 9 March 1999
2nd	15 July 1999 – 8 February 2000
3rd	5 June 2000 – 4 July 2000
4th	11 September 2000 – 4 July 2001
5th	10 September 2001 – 3 July 2002
6th	9 September 2002 – 14 October 2002

This is a list of the 108 members of the first Northern Ireland Assembly, the unicameral devolved legislature of Northern Ireland established by the Good Friday Agreement. Members (fully Members of the Legislative Assembly, MLAs) elected in June 1998 are listed,[1] as well as those subsequently co-opted to replace those who had resigned or deceased.[2] MLAs are grouped by party, and changes in party affiliation are noted.[2]

Party strengths

Party		Designation	Jun 1998 election	Oct 2002 end
●	Ulster Unionist Party	Unionist	28	27
●	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Nationalist	24	23
●	Democratic Unionist Party	Unionist	20	20
●	Sinn Féin	Nationalist	18	18
	Alliance Party	Other	6	5
	UK Unionist Party	Unionist	5	1
	Progressive Unionist Party	Unionist	2	2
	Northern Ireland Women's Coalition	Other	2	2
	United Unionist Coalition	Unionist	-	3
	Northern Ireland Unionist Party	Unionist	-	3
	Independent	Nationalist	0	1
	Independent	Unionist	3	2
	Speaker	None	0	1
Totals by designation		Unionist	58	58
		Nationalist	42	42
		Other	6	5
		None	0	1
Total			108
● = Northern Ireland Executive

Graphical representation

At election, 25 Jun 1998
1 Jul to 21 Sep 1998
18 Oct 2003 to end

This is not the official seating plan.

Members by party

Social Democratic and Labour Party (24)

Arthur Doherty (later resigned and replaced by Michael Coyle)

John Hume (later resigned and replaced by Annie Courtney)

Ulster Unionist Party (28)

Roy Beggs, Jr.

Tom Benson (died 2000, replaced by Tom Hamilton)

James Leslie

Duncan Shipley-Dalton

John Taylor

David Trimble

Peter Weir (later joined Democratic Unionist Party)

Jim Wilson

Democratic Unionist Party (20)

William Hay

Sinn Féin (18)

Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (6)

John Alderdice

Independent Unionist (3)

Fraser Agnew (later joined United Unionist Assembly Party)

Boyd Douglas (later joined United Unionist Assembly Party)

Denis Watson (later joined United Unionist Assembly Party)

References

"Northern Ireland Elections: Candidates in the 1998 NI Assembly Election". www.ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
Northern Ireland Assembly Information Office. "The Northern Ireland Assembly - Chronology (1998–2003)". archive.niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2017.

Elected representatives in Northern Ireland
House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1922–1973	1st Parliament (1921–25) 2nd Parliament (1925–29) 3rd Parliament (1929–33) 4th Parliament (1933–38) 5th Parliament (1938–45) 6th Parliament (1945–49) 7th Parliament (1949–53) 8th Parliament (1953–58) 9th Parliament (1958–62) 10th Parliament (1962–65) 11th Parliament (1965–69) 12th Parliament (1969–73) Women
Assemblies etc pre-1998	1973 Assembly (1973–74) Constitutional Convention (1975–76) 1982 Assembly (1982–86) Forum (1996–98)
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Northern Ireland Assembly
Assembly	Speaker Assembly Commission Acts Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) Parliament Buildings
Committees	Executive Office Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Communities Economy Education Finance Health Infrastructure
Constituencies	Belfast East Belfast North Belfast South Belfast West East Antrim East Londonderry Fermanagh and South Tyrone Foyle Lagan Valley Mid Ulster Newry and Armagh North Antrim North Down South Antrim South Down Strangford Upper Bann West Tyrone
Parties	Current: Alliance Democratic Unionist Green People Before Profit Alliance Sinn Féin Social Democratic and Labour Traditional Unionist Voice Ulster Unionist
Elections	1998 2003 2007 2011 2016 2017
Members	1st Assembly (1998–03) 2nd Assembly (2006–07) 3rd Assembly (2007–11) 4th Assembly (2011–16) 5th Assembly (2016–17) 6th Assembly (2017–)
Procedure	Cross-community vote
See also	Good Friday Agreement St Andrews Agreement