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Great Britain · Politics / Social Democratic Labour Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1973–1998Date range
2Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1973

Gerry Fitt1973

Politics / Social Democratic Labour Party

Following the abolition of the Parliament of Northern Ireland, the SDLP emerges as the second-largest party, and the largest party representing the nationalist community, in elections to the new Northern Ireland Assembly established in 1973: the party wins 19 out of 75 seats

1998

Seamus Mallon1 July 1998

Politics / Social Democratic Labour Party

Elected Deputy First Minister of the Northern Ireland assembly

Names involved

Gerry FittSeamus Mallon

Provenance

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