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List of members of the 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly

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This is a list of members of the Northern Ireland Assembly elected in 1973.

All members elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly at the 1973 election are listed and grouped by party.

Members by party

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This is a list of members elected in the 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly election, sorted by party.

Party Name Constituency
Ulster Unionist Party (31) Norman Agnew Belfast East
Austin Ardill South Antrim
John Baxter North Antrim
Roy Bradford Belfast East
Ronald Broadhurst South Down
John Brooke North Down
William Brownlow North Down
Robert Campbell North Down
Joshua Cardwell Belfast East
Sheena Conn Londonderry
William Douglas Londonderry
Nelson Elder Belfast South
Brian Faulkner South Down
Lloyd Hall-Thompson Belfast North
Herbert Heslip South Down
James Kilfedder North Down
Herbert Kirk Belfast South
John Laird * Belfast West
Reginald Magee Belfast South
Basil McIvor Belfast South
Peter McLachlan South Antrim
Frank Millar Belfast North
Nat Minford South Antrim
William Morgan Belfast North
Leslie Morrell Londonderry
Duncan Pollock Mid Ulster
James Stronge Armagh
John Taylor North Down
William Thompson Mid Ulster
Harry West Fermanagh and South Tyrone
Herbert Whitten Armagh
Social Democratic and Labour Party (19) Michael Canavan Londonderry
Ivan Cooper Mid Ulster
Austin Currie Fermanagh and South Tyrone
Thomas Daly Fermanagh and South Tyrone
Paddy Devlin Belfast West
Paddy Duffy Mid Ulster
Frank Feely South Down
Gerry Fitt Belfast North
Desmond Gillespie Belfast West
John Hume Londonderry
Aidan Larkin Mid Ulster
Hugh Logue Londonderry
Seamus Mallon Armagh
Vincent McCloskey South Antrim
Eddie McGrady South Down
Hugh News Armagh
Patrick O'Donoghue South Down
John O'Hagan North Antrim
Paddy O'Hanlon Armagh
Democratic Unionist Party (9) William Beattie South Antrim
Thomas Burns Belfast South
James Craig North Antrim
Douglas Hutchinson Armagh
John McQuade Belfast North
Eileen Paisley Belfast East
Ian Paisley North Antrim
Charles Poots North Down
Clifford Smyth North Antrim
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party (8) Ernest Baird Fermanagh and South Tyrone
Glenn Barr Londonderry
Thomas Carson Armagh
Jean Coulter * Belfast West
William Craig North Antrim
John Dunlop Mid Ulster
Cecil Harvey South Down
Kennedy Lindsay South Antrim
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (8) Bob Cooper Belfast West
Derrick Crothers South Antrim
John Ferguson Belfast North
Basil Glass Belfast South
Bertie McConnell North Down
Charles Mulholland North Down
Oliver Napier Belfast East
Hugh Wilson North Antrim
Northern Ireland Labour Party (1) David Bleakley Belfast East
Independent Unionist (2) Anne Dickson South Antrim
Hugh Smyth * Belfast West

Members by constituency

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The list is given in alphabetical order by constituency.

Members of the Northern Ireland Forum
Constituency Name Party
Armagh Thomas Carson Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
Douglas Hutchinson Democratic Unionist Party
Seamus Mallon Social Democratic and Labour Party
Hugh News Social Democratic and Labour Party
Paddy O'Hanlon Social Democratic and Labour Party
James Stronge Ulster Unionist Party
Herbert Whitten Ulster Unionist Party
Belfast East Norman Agnew Ulster Unionist Party
David Bleakley Northern Ireland Labour Party
Roy Bradford Ulster Unionist Party
Joshua Cardwell Ulster Unionist Party
Oliver Napier Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Eileen Paisley Democratic Unionist Party
Belfast North John Ferguson Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Gerry Fitt Social Democratic and Labour Party
Lloyd Hall-Thompson Ulster Unionist Party
John McQuade Democratic Unionist Party
Frank Millar Ulster Unionist Party
William Morgan Ulster Unionist Party
Belfast South Thomas Burns Democratic Unionist Party
Nelson Elder Ulster Unionist Party
Basil Glass Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Herbert Kirk Ulster Unionist Party
Reginald Magee Ulster Unionist Party
Basil McIvor Ulster Unionist Party
Belfast West Bob Cooper Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Jean Coulter * Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
Paddy Devlin Social Democratic and Labour Party
Desmond Gillespie Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Laird * Ulster Unionist Party
Hugh Smyth * Independent Unionist
Fermanagh and South Tyrone Ernest Baird Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
Austin Currie Social Democratic and Labour Party
Thomas Daly Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Taylor Ulster Unionist Party
Harry West Ulster Unionist Party
Londonderry Michael Canavan Social Democratic and Labour Party
Sheena Conn Ulster Unionist Party
Glenn Barr Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
William Douglas Ulster Unionist Party
John Hume Social Democratic and Labour Party
Hugh Logue Social Democratic and Labour Party
Leslie Morrell Ulster Unionist Party
Mid Ulster Ivan Cooper Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Dunlop Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
Paddy Duffy Social Democratic and Labour Party
Aidan Larkin Social Democratic and Labour Party
Duncan Pollock Ulster Unionist Party
William Thompson Ulster Unionist Party
North Antrim John Baxter Ulster Unionist Party
James Craig Democratic Unionist Party
William Craig Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
John O'Hagan Social Democratic and Labour Party
Ian Paisley Democratic Unionist Party
Clifford Smyth Democratic Unionist Party
Hugh Wilson Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
North Down John Brooke Ulster Unionist Party
William Brownlow Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Campbell Ulster Unionist Party
James Kilfedder Ulster Unionist Party
Bertie McConnell Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Charles Mulholland Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Charles Poots Democratic Unionist Party
South Antrim Austin Ardill Ulster Unionist Party
William Beattie Democratic Unionist Party
Anne Dickson Independent Unionist
Charles Kinahan Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Kennedy Lindsay Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
Vincent McCloskey Social Democratic and Labour Party
Peter McLachlan Ulster Unionist Party
Nat Minford Ulster Unionist Party
South Down Ronald Broadhurst Ulster Unionist Party
Brian Faulkner Ulster Unionist Party
Frank Feely Social Democratic and Labour Party
Cecil Harvey Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
Herbert Heslip Ulster Unionist Party
Eddie McGrady Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick O'Donoghue Social Democratic and Labour Party

Changes

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By-Elections

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Date Constituency Outgoing Member Party New Member Party Reason
20 June 1974 North Antrim David McCarthy UUP Clifford Smyth DUP David McCarthy died.

Representation of women

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Of all the candidates, the four women were: Sheena Conn, Jean Coulter, Anne Dickson, Eileen Paisley.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "List of all elected female representatives". www.niassembly.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2024.