List of members of the 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly explained

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

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

• John Laird, Hugh Smyth and Jean Coulter used the label "West Belfast Loyalist Coalition" simultaneously whilst standing under different party affiliations.

Members by constituency

The list is given in alphabetical order by constituency.

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

• John Laird, Hugh Smyth and Jean Coulter used the label "West Belfast Loyalist Coalition" simultaneously whilst standing under different party affiliations.

Changes

By-Elections

References

• Northern Ireland Elections: Northern Ireland Assembly Elections 1973