South Down (Assembly Constituency) - Members

Members

The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2011 election are:

  • Willie Clarke - Sinn Féin
  • John McCallister - Ulster Unionist Party
  • Karen McKevitt - Social Democratic and Labour Party
  • Margaret Ritchie - Social Democratic and Labour Party
  • Caitríona Ruane - Sinn Féin
  • Jim Wells - Democratic Unionist Party

Changes:
Willie Clarke was replaced by Chris Hazzard in April 2012
Margaret Ritichie was replaced by Seán Rogers in April 2012

The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2007 election were:

  • P. J. Bradley – Social Democratic and Labour Party
  • Willie Clarke – Sinn Féin
  • John McCallister – Ulster Unionist Party
  • Margaret Ritchie – Social Democratic and Labour Party
  • Caitriona Ruane – Sinn Féin
  • Jim Wells – Democratic Unionist Party

The six MLAs for the constituency elected in the 2003 election were:

  • P. J. Bradley – Social Democratic and Labour Party
  • Willie Clarke – Sinn Féin
  • Dermot Nesbitt – Ulster Unionist Party
  • Margaret Ritchie – Social Democratic and Labour Party
  • Caitriona Ruane – Sinn Féin
  • Jim Wells – Democratic Unionist Party

In the 1998 election the six MLAs elected were:

  • P. J. Bradley – Social Democratic and Labour Party
  • Eddie McGrady – Social Democratic and Labour Party
  • Mick Murphy – Sinn Féin
  • Dermot Nesbitt – Ulster Unionist Party
  • Eamonn O'Neill – Social Democratic and Labour Party
  • Jim Wells – Democratic Unionist Party

In the 1996 election to the Northern Ireland Peace Forum, 5 Forum members were elected from South Down. They were as follows:

  • Hugh Carr – Social Democratic and Labour Party
  • Eddie McGrady – Social Democratic and Labour Party
  • Mick Murphy – Sinn Féin
  • Dermot Nesbitt – Ulster Unionist Party
  • Margaret Ritchie – Social Democratic and Labour Party

In 1982 elections were held for an Assembly for Northern Ireland to hold the Secretary of State to account, in the hope that this would be the first step towards restoring devolution. South Down elected seven members as follows:

  • William Brown Ulster Unionist Party
  • Frank Feely Social Democratic and Labour Party
  • George Graham Democratic Unionist Party
  • Raymond McCullough Ulster Unionist Party
  • Eddie McGrady Social Democratic and Labour Party
  • Patrick O'Donoghue Social Democratic and Labour Party
  • Jim Wells Democratic Unionist Party

Raymond McCullough died in 1985 and the resulting by-election, on 17 October 1985, was won by Jeffrey Donaldson, also Ulster Unionist Party.

In 1975 elections were held to a Constitutional Convention which sought (unsuccessfully) to generate a consensus on the future of the province. The seven members elected from South Down were:

  • Peter Brush Ulster Unionist Party
  • Brian Faulkner Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
  • Frank Feely Social Democratic and Labour Party
  • Cecil Harvey Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party
  • Herbert Heslip Ulster Unionist Party
  • Eddie McGrady Social Democratic and Labour Party
  • Patrick O'Donoghue Social Democratic and Labour Party

In 1973 elections were held to the Assembly set up under the Sunningdale Agreement. The seven members elected from South Down were:

  • Ronald Broadhurst Ulster Unionist Party (pro-White Paper)
  • Brian Faulkner Ulster Unionist Party (pro-White Paper)
  • Frank Feely Social Democratic and Labour Party
  • Cecil Harvey Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party
  • Herbert Heslip Ulster Unionist Party (anti-White Paper)
  • Eddie McGrady Social Democratic and Labour Party
  • Patrick O'Donoghue Social Democratic and Labour Party

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