The Northern Ireland Assembly was a legislative assembly set up by the Government of the United Kingdom on 3 May 1973 to restore devolved government to Northern Ireland with a power-sharing executive made up of unionists and nationalists. A legislature is a type of deliberative assembly with the power to adopt laws. ... Her Majestys Government, or when the sovereign is male, His Majestys Government, abbreviated HMG, is the formal title used by the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the governments of some other kingdoms where executive authority is theoretically vested in the monarch... May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Devolution or home rule is the statutory granting of powers from the central government of a state to government at national, regional or local level. ... Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (de facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official languages English (de facto), Irish, Ulster Scots 3, BSL, NISL, ISL Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Ian Paisley  - Deputy First Minister... Unionism, in Ireland, is a belief in the desirability of a full constitutional and institutional relationship between Ireland and Great Britain based on the terms and order of government of the Act of Union 1800 which had merged both countries in 1801 to form the United Kingdom. ... Irish nationalism refers to political movements that desire greater autonomy or the independence of Ireland from Great Britain. ...

Elections were held on 28 June 1973. The Assembly met for the first time on 31 July 1973. Following the Sunningdale Agreement, a Power Sharing Executive was established from 1 January 1974. After opposition from within the UUP and the Ulster Workers Council Strike, the executive and assembly collapsed on 28 May 1974 when Brian Faulkner resigned as Chief Executive. The 1973 elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly took place following the publication of the British governments white paper Northern Ireland Constitutional Proposals which proposed a 78-member Northern Ireland Assembly, elected by proportional representation. ... June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 186 days remaining. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 153 days remaining. ... The Sunningdale Agreement on December 9, 1973, was an attempt to end the Northern Ireland troubles by forcing unionists to share power with nationalists. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Fifteen unprecedented, historic days in 1974 when a million British citizens, the Protestants of Northern Ireland, staged what amounted to a rebellion against the Crown and won. ... May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ... Arthur Brian Deane Faulkner, Baron Faulkner of Downpatrick (February 18, 1921 - March 3, 1977) was the sixth and last Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from 1971 until 1972. ...

Members of the Northern Ireland Executive

• Chief Executive: Brian Faulkner
• Deputy Chief Executive: Gerry Fitt
• Minister of Finance: Herbert Kirk
• Minister of Commerce: John Hume
• Minister of Environment: Roy Bradford
• Minister of Health and Social Services: Paddy Devlin
• Minister for Education: Basil McIvor
• Minister of Agriculture: Leslie Morrell
• Minister of Housing, Local Government and Planning: Austin Currie
• Legal Minister and head of the Office of Law Reform: Oliver Napier
• Minister of Information: John L. Baxter

Arthur Brian Deane Faulkner, Baron Faulkner of Downpatrick (February 18, 1921 - March 3, 1977) was the sixth and last Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from 1971 until 1972. ... Gerrard Gerry Fitt, Baron Fitt (9 April 1926 – 26 August 2005) was a Northern Irish politician. ... John Hume. ... Paddy Devlin was a Northern Irish social democrat and Labour activist, a former Stormont MP, a founder of the Social Democratic and Labour Party and a member of the 1974 Power Sharing Executive. ... William Basil McIvor (1928-November 5, 2004) was an Ulster Unionist politician and pioneer of integrated education. ... Austin Currie (born 11 October 1939) is a former Irish politician, being elected to the parliaments of both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. ... Sir Oliver Napier was the first leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland. ...

See also

• Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly elected in 1973
• Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1973