Fermanagh and South Tyrone (Assembly constituency)
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Fermanagh and South Tyrone ( ga, Fear Manach agus Tír Eoghain Theas, Ulster Scots: ''Fermanay an Sooth Owenslann'') is a constituency in the
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. It was first used for a
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-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 had been elected from the newly drawn Parliamentary constituencies but the 51st
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, 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 ...
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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,
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, John McKay and Harry West were all UUUC-endorsed candidates.


1973

Note:
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, John Taylor and Harry West were all members of the
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when it was prorogued in 1972.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Assembly Constituencies of the Northern Ireland Assembly Politics of County Fermanagh Politics of County Tyrone 1973 establishments in Northern Ireland Constituencies established in 1973