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This is a list of Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly elected in 1998. Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ...

All members of the Assembly, or MLAs ("Members of the Legislative Assembly") elected at the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1998 are listed. MLAs are grouped by party. The Northern Ireland Assembly is a home rule legislature established in Northern Ireland under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, but currently under suspension. ... The first elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly were held on June 25, 1998. ...

1 Social Democratic and Labour Party - 24 MLAs
2 Ulster Unionist Party - 28 MLAs
3 Democratic Unionist Party - 20 MLAs
4 Sinn Féin - 18 MLAs
5 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland - 6 MLAs
6 UK Unionist Party - 5 MLAs
7 Progressive Unionist Party - 2 MLAs
8 Northern Ireland Womens Coalition - 2 MLAs
9 Independent Unionists - 3 MLAs
10 References
11 See also

Social Democratic and Labour Party - 24 MLAs

Alex Attwood

P. J. Bradley

Joe Byrne

John Dallat

Arthur Doherty

Mark Durkan

Sean Farren

John Fee

Tommy Gallagher

Carmel Hanna

Denis Haughey

Joe Hendron

John Hume (later resigned and replaced by Annie Courtney)

Danny O'Connor

Eamon O'Neill

Brid Rodgers

John Tierney

The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP â€” Irish: PÃ¡irtÃ SÃ³isialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is the smaller of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland. ... Alex Attwood MLA (Born 26 April 1959) is a Northern Ireland politician. ... Mark Henry Durkan (born in 1960) is a Roman Catholic nationalist politician in Northern Ireland and the leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party. ... Sean Farren (born 6 September 1939) is an Irish politician. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Joe Hendron is a Northern Ireland politician, who has been a member of both the British House of Commons and the Irish Senate. ... John Hume (born 18 January 1937) is an Irish politician from Northern Ireland, and co-recipient of the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize, with David Trimble of the UUP. He was the second leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, a position he held from 1979 until 2001. ... Patricia Lewsley (born 3 March 1957) is a Northern Irish politician. ... Dr Alasdair McDonnell (born 1 September 1949 in Cushendall, County Antrim) is a Northern Irish politician, deputy leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party and both a Member of the British Parliament and a Member of the Legislative Assembly for South Belfast. ... Edward Kevin McGrady (born June 3, 1935, Downpatrick) is a Northern Ireland nationalist politician. ... Eugene McMenamin, MLA is a Northern Irish nationalist politician from the SDLP party. ... Alban Maginness (b. ... Seamus Mallon, MP Seamus Mallon (born on 17 August 1936) is a Northern Irish politician and former Deputy Leader of the nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party. ... Brid Rodgers (born 20 February 1935 in Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland) is a former Northern Irish politician. ...

Ulster Unionist Party - 28 MLAs

Pauline Armitage

Tom Benson (died 2000, replaced by Tom Hamilton)

Joan Carson

Ivan Davis

Sam Foster

Danny Kennedy

James Leslie

George Savage

Duncan Shipley-Dalton

John Taylor

David Trimble

Peter Weir (later joined Democratic Unionist Party)

Jim Wilson

The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party ) is a moderate unionist political party in Northern Ireland, which formed its government between 1921 and 1972 and was supported by most unionists throughout the Troubles. ... Dr. Ian Adamson Dr Ian Adamson was a former Lord Mayor of Belfast. ... Billy Armstrong MLA (Born 1941) is a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland. ... John Robert Beggs, commonly known as Roy Beggs (February 20, 1936) is a Northern Ireland politician who is a teacher by profession and was deputy principal of Larne High School. ... Dr John Esmond Birnie, MLA, (born 6 January 1965) is an author, economist, Ulster Unionist Party politician and Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for South Belfast. ... Sir Reg Empey, MLA and Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party. ... Sir John Reginald Gorman CVO CBE MC DL was between 1998 and 2003 an Ulster Unionist Party MLA for North Down, and one of the few Roman Catholics to be elected as a Unionist representative in Northern Ireland. ... Derek Robert Hussey MLA (Born 12 September 1948) is a Unionist politician from Northern Ireland Hussey was educated at Omagh Model School, Omagh Academy and Stranmillis College, Belfast. ... Major Robert Alan McFarland (born August 9, 1949) is a Ulster Unionist Party politician and MLA for North Down in Northern Ireland. ... Michael McGimpsey (born July 1, 1948) is a Northern Ireland unionist politician, and Ulster Unionist Party Member of the Legislative Assembly for Belfast South. ... Dermot Nesbitt (born 14 August 1947) is a Northern Irish politician. ... The Rt. ... The Lord Trimble William David Trimble, Baron Trimble, PC (born 15 October 1944), known as David Trimble, is a Northern Irish politician who served as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and the first First Minister of Northern Ireland. ... Cllr Peter Weir MLA is a unionist politician in Northern Ireland. ... DUP redirects here. ... Jim Wilson (born 15 December 1941) is a Northern Irish politician. ...

Democratic Unionist Party - 20 MLAs

Mervyn Carrick

Gardiner Kane

DUP redirects here. ... Paul Berry, (born June 3, 1976) is a Northern Ireland unionist politician. ... Gregory Lloyd Campbell (born February 15, 1953, Londonderry) is a Northern Ireland unionist politician, and the Democratic Unionist Party member of the British parliament for East Londonderry. ... Wilson Clyde (born 8 April 1934) is a Northern Irish politician. ... Nigel Alexander Dodds, OBE (born August 20, 1958) is a barrister and Northern Ireland unionist politician. ... Oliver Gibson (born 28 June 1934 in Beragh, Co. ... William Hay is a Unionist politician from Northern Ireland Hay was elected to Derry City Council in 1981. ... David Hilditch MLA is a Northern Irish politician for the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). ... The Rev. ... Maurice George Morrow, Baron Morrow (born 1948) is a Northern Irish unionist politician. ... Ian Richard Kyle Paisley (born: 6 April 1926) styled The Revd and Rt Hon. ... Ian Paisley, Jr, MLA (born 1966 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for the Democratic Unionist Party and an author. ... Alderman Edwin Poots MLA is a Northern Irish politican and a Democratic Unionist Party MLA for Lagan Valley. ... Iris Robinson (born September 6, 1949 in Belfast as Iris Collins) is a Northern Ireland unionist politician. ... Cllr Mark Robinson MLA (born 12 May 1959) was the Democratic Unionist Party Northern Ireland Assembly Member for the parliamentary constituency of Belfast South. ... Peter David Robinson (born December 29, 1948) is a Democratic Unionist Party Member of Parliament for East Belfast. ... Cllr Jim Shannon MLA (born 1965) is a Unionist politician from Northern Ireland. ... Jim Wells MLA (born 27 April 1957) is a politician from the Democratic Unionist Party and a deputy speaker of the Transitional Assembly (Northern Ireland). ... Sammy Wilson Sammy Wilson (born April 4, 1953, Belfast) is a politician in Northern Ireland and both Member of Parliament and a Member of the Legislative Assembly for East Antrim. ...

Sinn Féin - 18 MLAs

John Kelly

Mick Murphy

Dara O'Hagan

Sue Ramsey

Sinn FÃ©in (pronounced in English, in Irish) is a name used by a series of Irish political movements of the 20th century, each of which claimed sole descent from the original party established by Arthur Griffith in 1905. ... Gerard Adams (Irish GearÃ³id Mac Ãdhaimh[1]; born 6 October 1948) is an Irish Republican politician and abstentionist Westminster Member of Parliament for Belfast West. ... Bairbre de Br n (born January 10, 1954 in Dublin) is a nationalist politician in Northern Ireland. ... Patrick Doherty (Irish: PÃ¡driag Ã“ Dochartaigh, born July 18, 1945 in Glasgow, Scotland) is an Irish republican politician. ... Michelle Gildernew (born 28 March 1970) is an Irish republican politician. ... Gerry Kelly (born February 1955) is an Irish Sinn FÃ©in politician and convicted PIRA terrorist. ... Barry McElduff (born 1966) is an Irish politician. ... James Martin Pacelli McGuinness (Irish: MÃ¡irtÃn Mag Aonghusa,[1] born in Derry 23 May 1950) is an Irish Republican politician and Member of Parliament, and a former Provisional IRA leader. ... Gerry McHugh MLA is a nationalist politician in Northern Ireland. ... Mitchel McLaughlin is the General Secretary of Sinn Fein. ... Alex Maskey (born January 8, 1951) is a Northern Irish politician who was the first member of Sinn FÃ©in to serve as Belfasts Lord Mayor. ... Francie Molloy MLA is a Sinn FÃ©in politician and a deputy speaker of the Transitional Assembly (Northern Ireland). ... Conor Murphy (born 10 July 1963, Newry) is the main Sinn Fein representative for the Newry and Armagh constituency in Northern Ireland, which he represents as its MP and one of its six Member of the Legislative Assembly. ... Mary Nelis is a Sinn FÃ©in politician in County Derry, Northern Ireland. ...

Alliance Party of Northern Ireland - 6 MLAs

The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI), is a political party operating in Northern Ireland. ... John Thomas Alderdice, Baron Alderdice (28 March 1955— ) is a Northern Ireland politician. ... Eileen Bell (born August 15, 1943) is a Northern Ireland politician, member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for North Down and deputy leader of the Alliance Party. ... Seamus Close OBE (born August 12, 1947) is a Northern Ireland politician, member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Lagan Valley and a former deputy leader of the Alliance Party. ... for the Canadian Kayaker see David Ford (kayaker) for the English musician see David Ford (musician) David Ford is a Northern Ireland politician. ... Kieran McCarthy (born 9 September 1942) is a Northern Ireland politician, member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Strangford and assembly chief whip for the Alliance Party. ... Séan Neeson (born February 9, 1946) is a politician in Northern Ireland who served as leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland between 1998 and 2001. ...

UK Unionist Party - 5 MLAs

Norman Boyd (later joined Northern Ireland Unionist Party)

Roger Hutchinson (later joined Northern Ireland Unionist Party, then left and later joined the Democratic Unionist Party)

Robert McCartney

Patrick Roche (later joined Northern Ireland Unionist Party)

Cedric Wilson (later joined Northern Ireland Unionist Party)

The UK Unionist Party (UKUP) is a small political party operating in Northern Ireland. ... The Northern Ireland Unionist Party (NIUP) is a small political party operating in Northern Ireland. ... The Northern Ireland Unionist Party (NIUP) is a small political party operating in Northern Ireland. ... DUP redirects here. ... Robert McCartney QC MLA (born 1936) often known as Bob, is a Northern Ireland Barrister, unionist politician, and leader of the UK Unionist Party, and the only UKUP member of the currently-suspended Northern Ireland Assembly. ... The Northern Ireland Unionist Party (NIUP) is a small political party operating in Northern Ireland. ... The Northern Ireland Unionist Party (NIUP) is a small political party operating in Northern Ireland. ...

Progressive Unionist Party - 2 MLAs

David Ervine

Billy Hutchinson

The Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) are a small political party from Northern Ireland. ... David Ervine (July 21, 1953 - January 8, 2007) was a Northern Irish politician and the leader of the Progressive Unionist Party (PUP). ... Billy Hutchinson is a leading member of the Progressive Unionist Party in Northern Ireland. ...

Northern Ireland Womens Coalition - 2 MLAs

Monica McWilliams

Jane Morrice

The Northern Ireland Womens Coalition is a non-sectarian political party in Northern Ireland. ... Monica McWilliams (b. ...

Independent Unionists - 3 MLAs

Fraser Agnew (later joined United Unionist Assembly Party)

Boyd Douglas (later joined United Unionist Assembly Party)

Denis Watson (later joined United Unionist Assembly Party)

The United Unionist Coalition, also known as the United Unionist Assembly Party, was formed by a collection of unionist members of the Northern Ireland Assembly who were elected as independent unionists in 1998. ... The United Unionist Coalition, also known as the United Unionist Assembly Party, was formed by a collection of unionist members of the Northern Ireland Assembly who were elected as independent unionists in 1998. ... The United Unionist Coalition, also known as the United Unionist Assembly Party, was formed by a collection of unionist members of the Northern Ireland Assembly who were elected as independent unionists in 1998. ...

References

Northern Ireland Elections: Candidates in the 1998 NI Assembly Election

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