| 1st Northern Ireland Assembly | |||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||
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This is a list of the 108members of the firstNorthern Ireland Assembly, theunicameral devolved legislature ofNorthern Ireland established by theGood Friday Agreement. Members (fullyMembers of the Legislative Assembly, MLAs)elected in June 1998 are listed,[1] as well as those subsequentlyco-opted to replace those who had resigned or deceased.[2] MLAs are grouped by party, and changes in party affiliation are noted.[2]
| Party | Designation | Jun 1998 election | Oct 2002 end | |
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| ● | 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 | 8 | 5 | ||
| None | 0 | 1 | ||
| Total | 108 | |||
| ● =Northern Ireland Executive | ||||
This is not the official seating plan.
This is a list of MLAs elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in the1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election, sorted by party.
† Co-opted to replace an elected MLA
‡ Changed affiliation during the term
The list is given in alphabetical order by constituency.
† Co-opted to replace an elected MLA‡ Changed affiliation during the term
| Date co-opted | Constituency | Party | Outgoing | Co-optee | Reason | |
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| 11 December 2000 | Foyle | SDLP | John Hume | Annie Courtney | Resignation ofJohn Hume. | |
| 22 January 2001 | Strangford | UUP | Tom Benson | Tom Hamilton | Death ofTom Benson. | |
| 9 September 2002 | East Londonderry | SDLP | Arthur Doherty | Michael Coyle | Death ofArthur Doherty. | |
| Date | Constituency | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance | ||
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| 21 September 1998 | Belfast North | Fraser Agnew | Ind. Unionist | United Unionist Coalition | Fraser Agnew established a new political party to access facilities provided to Assembly parties. | ||
| 21 September 1998 | East Londonderry | Boyd Douglas | Ind. Unionist | United Unionist Coalition | Boyd Douglas established a new political party to access facilities provided to Assembly parties. | ||
| 21 September 1998 | Upper Bann | Denis Watson | Ind. Unionist | United Unionist Coalition | Denis Watson established a new political party to access facilities provided to Assembly parties. | ||
| 4 January 1999 | Strangford | Cedric Wilson | UK Unionist | Ind. Unionist | Cedric Wilson left the UKUP in response to proposals fromRobert McCartney to resign their Assembly seats in opposition to Sinn Féin participating in the Executive. | ||
| 4 January 1999 | South Antrim | Norman Boyd | UK Unionist | Ind. Unionist | Norman Boyd left the UKUP in response to proposals fromRobert McCartney to resign their Assembly seats in opposition to Sinn Féin participating in the Executive. | ||
| 4 January 1999 | Lagan Valley | Patrick Roche | UK Unionist | Ind. Unionist | Patrick Roche left the UKUP in response to proposals fromRobert McCartney to resign their Assembly seats in opposition to Sinn Féin participating in the Executive. | ||
| 4 January 1999 | East Antrim | Roger Hutchinson | UK Unionist | Ind. Unionist | Roger Hutchinson left the UKUP in response to proposals fromRobert McCartney to resign their Assembly seats in opposition to Sinn Féin participating in the Executive. | ||
| 24 March 1999 | Strangford | Cedric Wilson | Ind. Unionist | NI Unionist | Cedric Wilson established the NIUP having recently left the UKUP. | ||
| 24 March 1999 | South Antrim | Norman Boyd | Ind. Unionist | NI Unionist | Norman Boyd established the NIUP having recently left the UKUP. | ||
| 24 March 1999 | Lagan Valley | Patrick Roche | Ind. Unionist | NI Unionist | Patrick Roche established the NIUP having recently left the UKUP. | ||
| 24 March 1999 | East Antrim | Roger Hutchinson | Ind. Unionist | NI Unionist | Roger Hutchinson established the NIUP having recently left the UKUP. | ||
| 1 December 1999 | East Antrim | Roger Hutchinson | NI Unionist | Ind. Unionist | Roger Hutchinson expelled from the NIUP for sitting on Assembly committees against party policy. | ||
| 5 July 2000 | Upper Bann | Denis Watson | United Unionist Coalition | DUP | Denis Watson joined the DUP. | ||
| 2 November 2001 | East Londonderry | Pauline Armitage | UUP | Ind. Unionist | Pauline Armitage suspended from the UUP for voting against the party whip. | ||
| 9 November 2001 | North Down | Peter Weir | UUP | Ind. Unionist | Peter Weir expelled from the UUP for refusing to support the re-nomination ofDavid Trimble as First Minister. | ||
| 1 April 2002 | East Antrim | Roger Hutchinson | Ind. Unionist | DUP | Roger Hutchinson joined the DUP. | ||
| 30 April 2002 | North Down | Peter Weir | Ind. Unionist | DUP | Peter Weir joined the DUP. | ||
| 11 November 2002 | North Antrim | Gardiner Kane | DUP | Ind. Unionist | Gardiner Kane resigned from the DUP. | ||
| 1 April 2003 | Foyle | Annie Courtney | SDLP | Ind. Nationalist | Annie Courtney resigned from the SDLP after not being re-selected by the party as a candidate for the 2003 Assembly election. | ||
| 12 June 2003 | East Londonderry | Pauline Armitage | Ind. Unionist | UK Unionist | Pauline Armitage resigned her membership of UUP and joined the UKUP. | ||
| 18 October 2003 | East Antrim | Roger Hutchinson | DUP | Ind. Unionist | Roger Hutchinson resigned from the DUP to contest the 2003 Assembly election as an independent unionist. | ||
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