Fermanagh and South Tyrone ( ga, Fear Manach agus Tír Eoghain Theas,
Ulster Scots: ''Fermanay an Sooth Owenslann'') is a constituency in the
Northern Ireland Assembly
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It was first used for a
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...
-only election in 1973, which elected the
then Northern Ireland Assembly. It usually shares boundaries with the
Fermanagh and South Tyrone UK Parliament constituency. However, the boundaries of the two constituencies were slightly different from 1983 to 1986 (because the Assembly boundaries had not caught up with Parliamentary boundary changes) and from 1996 to 1997, when members of the
Northern Ireland Forum
The Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue was a body set up in 1996 as part of a process of negotiations that eventually led to the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.
The forum was elected, with five members being elected for each Westmin ...
had been elected from the newly drawn Parliamentary constituencies but the 51st
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative suprema ...
, elected in 1992 under the 1983–95 constituency boundaries, was still in session.
Members were then elected from the constituency to the
1975 Constitutional Convention, the
1982 Assembly, the
1996 Forum and then to the current Assembly from 1998.
For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see
Fermanagh and South Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)
Fermanagh and South Tyrone is a parliamentary constituency in the British House of Commons. The current MP is Michelle Gildernew of Sinn Féin.
Boundaries
1950–1983: The county of Fermanagh, the Urban District of Dungannon, the Rural Dist ...
.
Members
Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.
Elections
Northern Ireland Assembly
2022
2017
2016
2011
2007
2003
1998
1996 forum
Successful candidates are shown in bold.
1996 Candidates – Fermanagh and South Tyrone
, Northern Ireland Elections
1982
1975
Note: Ernie Baird, David Calvert
David Calvert (born 1946) is a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland. He worked as a director of a family shirt manufacturing company. He was a founder member of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in County Armagh.''Times Guide to the House ...
, John McKay and Harry West
Henry William West (27 March 1917 – 5 February 2004) was a politician in Northern Ireland who served as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party from 1974 until 1979.
Career to Stormont
West was born in County Fermanagh and educated at Portora R ...
were all UUUC-endorsed candidates.
1973
Note: Austin Currie
Joseph Austin Currie (11 October 1939 – 9 November 2021) was an Irish politician who served as a Minister of State for Justice with responsibility for Children's Rights from 1994 to 1997. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin West ...
, John Taylor and Harry West
Henry William West (27 March 1917 – 5 February 2004) was a politician in Northern Ireland who served as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party from 1974 until 1979.
Career to Stormont
West was born in County Fermanagh and educated at Portora R ...
were all members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland
The House of Commons of Northern Ireland was the lower house of the Parliament of Northern Ireland created under the ''Government of Ireland Act 1920''. The upper house in the bicameral parliament was called the Senate. It was abolished wit ...
when it was prorogued in 1972.
References
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Constituencies of the Northern Ireland Assembly
Politics of County Fermanagh
Politics of County Tyrone
1973 establishments in Northern Ireland
Constituencies established in 1973