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 Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly elected in 1998.
All members of the Assembly, or MLAs ("Members of the Legislative Assembly") elected at the 1998 Assembly election are listed. MLAs are grouped by party.
Social Democratic and Labour Party - 24 MLAs
- Alex Attwood
- P. J. Bradley
- Joe Byrne
- John Dallat
- Arthur Doherty (later resigned and replaced by Michael Coyle)
- Mark Durkan
- Sean Farren
- John Fee
- Tommy Gallagher
- Carmel Hanna
- Denis Haughey
- Joe Hendron
- John Hume (later resigned and replaced by Annie Courtney)
- Patricia Lewsley
- Donovan McClelland
- Alasdair McDonnell
- Eddie McGrady
- Eugene McMenamin
- Alban Maginness
- Seamus Mallon
- Danny O'Connor
- Eamon O'Neill
- Brid Rodgers
- John Tierney
Ulster Unionist Party - 28 MLAs
- Ian Adamson
- Pauline Armitage
- Billy Armstrong
- Roy Beggs, Jr.
- Billy Bell
- Tom Benson (died 2000, replaced by Tom Hamilton)
- Esmond Birnie
- Joan Carson
- Fred Cobain
- Robert Coulter
- Ivan Davis
- Reg Empey
- Sam Foster
- John Gorman
- Derek Hussey
- Danny Kennedy
- James Leslie
- David McClarty
- Alan McFarland
- Michael McGimpsey
- Dermot Nesbitt
- Ken Robinson
- George Savage
- Duncan Shipley-Dalton
- John Taylor
- David Trimble
- Peter Weir (later joined Democratic Unionist Party)
- Jim Wilson
Democratic Unionist Party - 20 MLAs
- Paul Berry
- Gregory Campbell
- Mervyn Carrick
- Wilson Clyde
- Nigel Dodds
- Oliver Gibson
- William Hay
- David Hilditch
- Gardiner Kane
- William McCrea
- Maurice Morrow
- Ian Paisley
- Ian Paisley Jr
- Edwin Poots
- Iris Robinson
- Mark Robinson
- Peter Robinson
- Jim Shannon
- Jim Wells
- Sammy Wilson
Sinn Féin - 18 MLAs
- Gerry Adams
- Bairbre de Brún
- Pat Doherty
- Michelle Gildernew
- Gerry Kelly
- John Kelly
- Barry McElduff
- Martin McGuinness
- Gerry McHugh
- Mitchel McLaughlin
- Pat McNamee
- Alex Maskey
- Francie Molloy
- Conor Murphy
- Mick Murphy
- Mary Nelis
- Dara O'Hagan
- Sue Ramsey
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland - 6 MLAs
UK Unionist Party - 5 MLAs
- Norman Boyd (later joined Northern Ireland Unionist Party)
- Roger Hutchinson (later joined Northern Ireland Unionist Party, then left and later joined the Democratic Unionist Party)
- Robert McCartney
- Patrick Roche (later joined Northern Ireland Unionist Party)
- Cedric Wilson (later joined Northern Ireland Unionist Party)
Progressive Unionist Party - 2 MLAs
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition - 2 MLAs
Independent Unionist - 3 MLAs
- Fraser Agnew (later joined United Unionist Assembly Party)
- Boyd Douglas (later joined United Unionist Assembly Party)
- Denis Watson (later joined United Unionist Assembly Party)
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