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Assembly Portrait Key.Qxd © Copyright of the Northern Ireland Assembly 2003. 1 4 2 3 7 103 5 6 8 80 83 84 85 24 63 82 101 102 23 44 45 46 47 52 53 55 62 64 65 10 25 26 61 81 104 50 54 9 12 22 49 51 86 14 48 108 58 87 88 89 90 11 13 28 27 56 66 67 91 106 29 68 69 107 109 110 15 30 57 70 105 17 16 31 93 59 72 92 94 32 34 71 18 33 95 114 115 60 73 111 37 96 20 36 97 112 19 35 38 43 74 75 113 41 100 76 78 79 98 99 116 40 77 42 39 117 21 1.Lord Alderdice (Speaker) 25. Mr Norman Boyd (NIUP) 48. Mr Patrick Roche (NIUP) 71. Ms Jane Morrice (NIWC) 94.Mr Mitchel McLaughlin (Sinn Féin) 2. Mr Arthur Moir (Clerk to the Assembly/Chief Executive) 26. Mr Fraser Agnew (UUAP) 49. Mr George Savage (UUP) 72. Mr Alex Attwood (SDLP) 95.Mr Conor Murphy (Sinn Féin) 3.Mr Joe Reynolds (Deputy Clerk) 27. Mr Alan McFarland (UUP) 50. Mr Mark Robinson (DUP) 73. Dr Séan Farren (SDLP) 96.Mr David Ford (Alliance) 4. Mr Gerald Colan-O’Leary (Head of Security) 28. Rt Hon David Trimble (UUP) 51. Mr Denis Haughey (SDLP) 74. Mr Paul Berry (DUP) 97.Mr David Ervine (PUP) 5.Mr Jim Shannon (DUP) 29. Mr David McClarty (UUP) 52. Mr Eddie McGrady (SDLP) 75. Mr Fred Cobain (UUP) 98.Mr Billy Hutchinson (PUP) 6. Ms Pauline Armitage (Independent Unionist) 30. Sir John Gorman (UUP) 53. Mr Tom Hamilton (UUP) 76. Mr Sammy Wilson (DUP) 99.Ms Monica McWilliams (NIWC) 7.Mr David Hilditch (DUP) 31. Lord Kilclooney (UUP) 54. Mr Duncan Shipley-Dalton (UUP) 77. Mr Peter Robinson (DUP) 100. Mr Séamus Close (Alliance) 8.Mrs Joan Carson (UUP) 32. Dr Ian Adamson (UUP) 55. Mr James Leslie (UUP) 78. Mr Alban Maginness (SDLP) 101. Mr Séan Neeson (Alliance) 9.Mr Roger Hutchinson (DUP) 33. Mr Billy Bell (UUP) 56. Mr Dermot Nesbitt (UUP) 79. Sir Reg Empey (UUP) 102. Ms Sue Ramsey (Sinn Féin) 10. Mr Billy Armstrong (UUP) 34. Mr Ivan Davis (UUP) 57. Mr Mark Durkan (SDLP) 80. Mr John Tierney (SDLP) 103. Mr Gerry McHugh (Sinn Féin) 11. Mr William Hay (DUP) 35. Mr Danny Kennedy (UUP) 58. Mr Sam Foster (UUP) 81. Mr Danny O’Connor (SDLP) 104. Mr Kieran McCarthy (Alliance) 12. Mr Wilson Clyde (DUP) 36. Mr Robert McCartney (UKUP) 59. Mr Martin McGuinness (Sinn Féin) 82. Dr. Alasdair McDonnell (SDLP) 105. Mr Pat Doherty (Sinn Féin) 13. Dr Esmond Birnie (UUP) 37. Mr Cedric Wilson (NIUP) 60. Mr Michael McGimpsey (UUP) 83. Mr Tommy Gallagher (SDLP) 106. Mr Francie Molloy (Sinn Féin) 14. Mr Ken Robinson (UUP) 38. Mr Maurice Morrow (DUP) 61. Mr John Dallat (SDLP) 84. Mr Eamonn ONeill (SDLP) 107. Mr Gerry Kelly (Sinn Féin) 15. Mr Roy Beggs (UUP) 39. Mr Jim Wilson (UUP) 62. Mr Donovan McClelland (SDLP) 85. Mr Eugene McMenamin (SDLP) 108. Mr John Kelly (Sinn Féin) 16. Mr Gregory Campbell (DUP) 40. Rev Robert Coulter (UUP) 63. Mr Tom Evans (Deputy Chief Executive) 86. Ms Patricia Lewsley (SDLP) 109. Ms Annie Courtney (SDLP) 17. Mr Denis Watson (UUAP) 41. Mrs Iris Robinson (DUP) 64. Mr Niall Johnston (Special Adviser to the Speaker) 87. Mr Alex Maskey (Sinn Féin) 110. Mr Mick Murphy (Sinn Féin) 18. Mr Jim Wells (DUP) 42. Mr Nigel Dodds (DUP) 65. Ms Georgina Campbell (Private Secretary to the Speaker) 88. Mr Michael Coyle (SDLP) 111. Ms Michelle Gildernew (Sinn Féin) 19. Mr Oliver Gibson (DUP) 43. Mr Ian Paisley Jnr (DUP) 66. Mr Séamus Mallon (SDLP) 89. Mr Pat McNamee (Sinn Féin) 112. Dr Joe Hendron (SDLP) 20. Rev Dr. William McCrea (DUP) 44. Mr Boyd Douglas (UUAP) 67. Ms Carmel Hanna (SDLP) 90. Dr Dara O’Hagan (Sinn Féin) 113. Mr Joe Byrne (SDLP) 21. Rev. Dr. Ian Paisley (DUP) 45. Mr Tom Benson (UUP) (Deceased) 68. Mr Arthur Doherty (SDLP) (Deceased) 91. Mr Barry McElduff (Sinn Féin) 114. Mrs Eileen Bell (Alliance) 22. Mr Peter Weir (DUP) 46. Mr Gardiner Kane (Independent Unionist) 69. Mr P J Bradley (SDLP) 92. Ms Bairbre de Brún (Sinn Féin) 115. Mr John Fee (SDLP) 23. Mr Derek Hussey (UUP) 47. Mr Mervyn Carrick (DUP) 70. Ms Bríd Rodgers (SDLP) 93. Mrs Mary Nelis (Sinn Féin) 116. Mr Gerry Adams (Sinn Féin) 24. Mr Edwin Poots (DUP) 117. Mr John Hume (SDLP) (Retired) Party affiliations and titles at 1 November 2002.
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