Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention
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The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention was a short-lived elected body in the mid-1970s tasked with devising a new system of devolved government for Northern Ireland during the Troubles.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defunct organization
→
elected body → political institution → |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Northern Ireland → |
| convenedBy |
UK government
→
surface form:
Government of the United Kingdom
|
| country | United Kingdom → |
| describedBySource |
UK government records
→
historical studies of the Troubles → |
| dissolved | 1976 → |
| electoralSystem | single transferable vote → |
| endCause | suspension by the UK government → |
| endTime | 1976 → |
| followedBy |
Northern Ireland Assembly (1973)
→
surface form:
Northern Ireland Assembly (1982)
|
| governmentFormProposed | devolved power-sharing government → |
| hasPart |
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
→
Democratic Unionist Party → Northern Ireland Labour Party → Social Democratic and Labour Party → Ulster Unionist Party → Unionist parties → Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party → |
| historicalPeriod | The Troubles → |
| inception | 1975 → |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English → |
| legalBasis | Northern Ireland Act 1974 → |
| legislativeBodyType | constitutional convention → |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Belfast → |
| mainTask | to agree a power-sharing arrangement acceptable to both unionist and nationalist communities → |
| meetingPlace | Belfast City Hall → |
| numberOfMembers | 78 → |
| opposedBy |
some nationalist groups
→
some unionist parties → |
| partOf |
Northern Ireland peace and political process
→
constitutional experiments in Northern Ireland governance → |
| purpose | to devise a new system of devolved government for Northern Ireland → |
| reasonForAbolition | inability to produce an agreed constitutional settlement → |
| replaced | Northern Ireland Assembly (1973) → |
| result | failure to reach cross-community agreement → |
| significantEvent |
The Troubles
→
surface form:
Northern Ireland Troubles
|
| significantPlace | Northern Ireland → |
| startTime | May 1975 → |
| temporalContext | mid-1970s → |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.