Northern Ireland Assembly (1973)

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devolved legislature parliamentary assembly power-sharing institution

The Northern Ireland Assembly (1973) was a short-lived devolved legislature established under the Sunningdale Agreement as an early attempt at power-sharing between unionists and nationalists in Northern Ireland.

Aliases (1)

Northern Ireland Assembly (1982) ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	devolved legislature → parliamentary assembly → power-sharing institution →
aim	to establish consociational power-sharing in Northern Ireland → to provide devolved government within the United Kingdom →
country	United Kingdom →
createdBy	Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 →
dissolvedOn	1974-05-28 →
endDate	1974-05-28 →
establishedUnder	Sunningdale Agreement →
firstElectionDate	1973-06-28 →
followedBy	Northern Ireland Assembly (1998) → Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention →
governmentType	power-sharing executive and legislature →
hadExecutive	Northern Ireland Executive (1973) →
hadOfficialLanguage	English →
historicalSignificance	first formal power-sharing legislature in Northern Ireland →
includedInstitution	Council of Ireland →
jurisdiction	Northern Ireland →
keyAgreementContext	Sunningdale Agreement →
legalBasis	Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 →
legislativeBodyOf	Northern Ireland →
legislativeCompetence	devolved matters in Northern Ireland →
locatedIn	Northern Ireland →
locatedInCity	Belfast →
metIn	Parliament Buildings, Stormont →
numberOfMembers	78 →
opposedBy	Ulster Workers' Council → hardline unionists →
oversightBy	Government of the United Kingdom →
parentState	United Kingdom →
powerSharingBetween	nationalists → unionists →
precededBy	Parliament of Northern Ireland →
reasonForDissolution	Ulster Workers' Council strike → collapse of Sunningdale power-sharing arrangements →
regionServed	Northern Ireland →
seatOfGovernmentFor	Northern Ireland →
shortLived	true →
startDate	1973-06-28 →
status	defunct →
supportedBy	moderate unionists → nationalist parties →
timePeriod	The Troubles →
votingSystem	proportional representation → single transferable vote →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention ("Northern Ireland Assembly (1982)") →	followedBy
Northern Ireland Assembly →	hasPredecessor
Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention →	replaced