- Strangford (Assembly constituency)
Northern Ireland Assembly constituency infobox
Name = Strangford
Type = County
Year = 1996
AM =Simon Hamilton Kieran McCarthy Michelle McIlveen David McNarry Iris Robinson Jim Shannon
Districts = Ards, Catlereagh, DownStrangford is a constituency in the
Northern Ireland Assembly .The seat was first used for a
Northern Ireland -only election for theNorthern Ireland Forum in 1996. Since 1998, it has elected members to the current Assembly.For Assembly elections prior to 1996, the constituency was largely part of the North Down constituency with smaller sections being added from Belfast East constituency and Belfast South constituency. Since 1997, it has shared boundaries with the Strangford UK Parliament constituency.
For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see
Strangford (UK Parliament constituency) .Members
The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2007 election are:
*
Simon Hamilton -Democratic Unionist Party
*Kieran McCarthy -Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
*Michelle McIlveen -Democratic Unionist Party
*David McNarry -Ulster Unionist Party
*Iris Robinson -Democratic Unionist Party
*Jim Shannon -Democratic Unionist Party The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2003 election were:
*
George Ennis -Democratic Unionist Party
*Kieran McCarthy -Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
*David McNarry -Ulster Unionist Party
*Iris Robinson -Democratic Unionist Party
*Jim Shannon -Democratic Unionist Party
*John Taylor -Ulster Unionist Party In the 1998 election the six MLAs elected were:
*Thomas Benson
Ulster Unionist Party
*Kieran McCarthy Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
*Iris Robinson Democratic Unionist Party
*Jim Shannon Democratic Unionist Party
*John TaylorUlster Unionist Party
*Cedric Wilson UK Unionist Party Changes
1998 -2003 *
Cedric Wilson resigned from theUK Unionist Party and, together with other UKUP Assembly Members, formed theNorthern Ireland Unionist Party onJanuary 5 1999
*Thomas Benson died onDecember 24 2000 and was succeeded by Thomas Hamilton, alsoUlster Unionist Party .In the
1996 election to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum, 5 Forum members were elected from Strangford. They were as follows:*
Thomas Benson Ulster Unionist Party
*Kieran McCarthy Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
*Iris Robinson Democratic Unionist Party
*Jim Shannon Democratic Unionist Party
*John TaylorUlster Unionist Party Elections
=2007=Successful candidates are shown in bold. [ [http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/96str.htm 1996 Candidates - Strangford] , Northern Ireland Elections]
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