Robert Coulter (Northern Ireland politician)

Robert Coulter
Member of the Legislative Assembly
for Antrim North
In office
25 June 1998 – 5 May 2011
Preceded byNew Creation
Succeeded byRobin Swann
Member of
Ballymena Borough Council
In office
19 May 1993 – 7 June 2001
Preceded byNew district
Succeeded bySeamus Laverty
ConstituencyBannside
In office
15 May 1985 – 19 May 1993
Preceded byNew district
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
ConstituencyBallymena Town
Member of the Northern Ireland Forum
for North Antrim
In office
30 May 1996 – 25 April 1998
Preceded byForum created
Succeeded byForum dissolved
Personal details
Born(1929-10-23)23 October 1929
Ballymena, Northern Ireland
Died5 September 2018(2018-09-05) (aged 88)
Political partyUlster Unionist Party
Alma materTrinity College, Dublin University of Ulster
ProfessionClergyman

Robert Coulter, MBE (23 October 1929 – 5 September 2018) was an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician who was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for North Antrim from 1998 to 2011. He was a prominent proponent of unionism, and was the second oldest MLA after the Rev. Ian Paisley at the time of his retirement in 2011.