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Members of the 4th Northern Ireland Assembly

4th Northern Ireland Assembly
3rd Assembly 5th Assembly
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Overview
Jurisdiction Northern Ireland
Meeting place Parliament Buildings,
Stormont
Term 12 May 2011 – 29 March 2016
Election 2011 assembly election
Government Executive of the 4th Assembly
Members 108
Speaker Mitchel McLaughlin
William Hay
until 13 October 2014
First Minister Arlene Foster
Peter Robinson
until 11 January 2016
Arlene Foster (Acting)
until 20 October 2015
— Peter Robinson
until 30 September 2015
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness
John O'Dowd (Acting)
until 31 October 2011
— Martin McGuinness
until 20 September 2011
Sessions
1st 12 May 2011 – 28 June 2011
2nd 12 September 2011 – 3 July 2012
3rd 10 September 2012 – 16 July 2013
4th 9 September 2013 – 1 July 2014
5th 8 September 2014 – 4 July 2015
1st 12 May 2011 – 28 June 2011
2nd 12 September 2011 – 3 July 2012
3rd 10 September 2012 – 16 July 2013
4th 9 September 2013 – 1 July 2014
5th 8 September 2014 – 4 July 2015

The fourth Northern Ireland Assembly was the unicameral devolved legislature of Northern Ireland following the 2011 assembly election on 5 May 2011. This iteration of the elected Assembly convened for the first time on 12 May 2011 in Parliament Buildings in Stormont, and ran for a full term.

The election saw 18 Assembly constituencies return six Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) each. The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), led by Peter Robinson, remained the largest unionist party and the largest overall. Sinn Féin, led by Gerry Adams, remained the largest Irish nationalist party and the second largest overall. As per the Belfast Agreement and the St Andrews Agreement, a power-sharing coalition was then formed with the DUP, Sinn Féin, the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) and the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland. William Hay was elected as Speaker in the first sitting of the Assembly. Following Hay's retirement, Mitchel McLaughlin was elected as the first nationalist Speaker in October 2014.


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