- East Londonderry (Assembly constituency)
Northern Ireland Assembly constituency infobox
Name = East Londonderry
Type = County
Year = 1996
AM =Francis Brolly
Gregory CampbellJohn Dallat David McClarty Adrian McQuillan
George Robinson
Districts = Coleraine, LimavadyEast Londonderry is a constituency in the
Northern Ireland Assembly .The seat was first used for a
Northern Ireland -only election for theNorthern Ireland Forum in1996 . Since1998 , it has elected members to the current Assembly.For Assembly elections prior to 1996, the constituency was largely part of the Londonderry constituency with a small part around
Portrush coming from North Antrim constituency. Since1997 , it has shared boundaries with the East Londonderry UK Parliament constituency.For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see
East Londonderry (UK Parliament constituency) .Members
The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2007 election are:
*
Francis Brolly -Sinn Féin
* Gregory Campbell -Democratic Unionist Party
*John Dallat -Social Democratic and Labour Party
*David McClarty -Ulster Unionist Party
*Adrian McQuillan -Democratic Unionist Party
* George Robinson -Democratic Unionist Party The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2003 election were:
*
Francis Brolly -Sinn Féin
* Gregory Campbell -Democratic Unionist Party
*John Dallat -Social Democratic and Labour Party
*David McClarty -Ulster Unionist Party
* George Robinson -Democratic Unionist Party
*Norman Hillis -Ulster Unionist Party In the 1998 election the six MLAs elected were:
*
Pauline Armitage -Ulster Unionist Party
* Gregory Campbell -Democratic Unionist Party
*John Dallat -Social Democratic and Labour Party
*Boyd Douglas - Independent Unionist
*Arthur Doherty -Social Democratic and Labour Party
*David McClarty -Ulster Unionist Party Changes
1998 -2003 *
Boyd Douglas joined with other independent Unionists to form theUnited Unionist Coalition onSeptember 14 1998 .
*Arthur Doherty resigned from the Assembly onSeptember 1 2002 and was replaced byMichael Coyle , also SDLP.
*Pauline Armitage resigned the UUP whip onNovember 9 2001 following her failure to supportDavid Trimble in a vote to re-elect him asFirst Minister of Northern Ireland . She subsequently sat as an independent unionist and unsuccessfully defended her seat in the 2003 election as a candidate of theUK Unionist Party .In the
1996 election to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum, 5 Forum members were elected from East Londonderry. They were as follows:* Robert Bolton -
Democratic Unionist Party
* David Brewster-Ulster Unionist Party
*Arthur Doherty -Social Democratic and Labour Party
* Robert Stewart -Democratic Unionist Party
*Robert John White -Ulster Unionist Party Elections
=2007=Successful candidates are shown in bold. [ [http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/96el.htm 1996 Candidates - East Londonderry] , Northern Ireland Elections]
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