1st Northern Ireland Assembly

1st Northern Ireland Assembly
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Overview
Legislative bodyAssembly
JurisdictionNorthern Ireland
Meeting placeParliament Buildings,
Stormont
Term1 July 1998 – 14 October 2002
Election1998 assembly election
GovernmentExecutive of the 1st Assembly
Members108
SpeakerLord Alderdice
First MinisterDavid Trimble
— Reg Empey
until 6 November 2001
— David Trimble
until 1 July 2001
Deputy First MinisterMark Durkan
— Seamus Mallon
until 6 November 2001
Sessions
1st1 July 1998 – 9 March 1999
2nd15 July 1999 – 8 February 2000
3rd5 June 2000 – 4 July 2000
4th11 September 2000 – 4 July 2001
5th10 September 2001 – 3 July 2002
6th9 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]

  1. ^ "Northern Ireland Elections: Candidates in the 1998 NI Assembly Election". www.ark.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  2. ^ a b Northern Ireland Assembly Information Office. "The Northern Ireland Assembly - Chronology (1998–2003)". archive.niassembly.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2017.