Alliance Party of Northern Ireland - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI) is a political party operating in Northern Ireland. They were formed in April, 1970 as an alternative to the estabished parties, particularly the Ulster Unionist Party. The party's main ambition was to present a non-sectarian unionist alternative to attract Catholic support for Northern Ireland to remain a part of the United Kingdom. The party was boosted in 1972 when three Members of the Stormont Parliament joined the party (one actually a nationalist). An Ulster Unionist/Conservative member of the Westminster Parliament also joined, providing Alliance with its only Westminster representation to date. Its first electoral challenge was the District Council elections of May, 1973 when they managed to win a respectable 13.6% of the votes.
Alliance Party - Alliance Party The term Alliance Party is used of several political parties throughout the world. Among them are: The Alliance - a political party in New Zealand which attracted a lot of support in the 1990s, but collapsed in 1999. The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland - a minor, nonsectarian party The Canadian Alliance - a former Canadian political party, formed by the merger of the Reform Party with some conservatives in 1996. The Canadian Alliance recently merged (2003) with the Progressive Conservative Party to form the Conservative Party of Canada. The Fijian Alliance - the former ruling party of Fiji (1970-1987) The Liberal-Social Democrat Alliance, popularly known simply as "The Alliance," a formal electoral alliance comprising the Liberal Party (United Kingdom) and the Social Democratic.
Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland Northern Ireland, a region of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, lies in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It covers 14,139 km² (5,459 square miles), and has a population of 1,685,267 (April 2001). The capital is Belfast. Northern Ireland Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Overview 2 Geographic Nomenclature 3 History 3.1 Early 20th century 3.2 Late 20th century 3.3 After the Good Friday (Belfast) Agreement 4 Demographics 5 Languages 6 Towns and villages 7 Places of interest 8 Recommended Reading List Overview The Government of Ireland Act 1920, enacted by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland parliament, set up Northern Ireland as a separate political entity in 1921. Faced with divergent demands from Irish nationalists and Unionists.
Northern Ireland Assembly - Northern Ireland Assembly The Northern Ireland Assembly is a 108 member legislative body for Northern Ireland that sits at Stormont with powers devolved to it from the Westminster parliament. It is created as a power sharing body, so that every party is represented in the executive body of the assembly in numbers according to their numerical strength in the assembly as a whole. The assembly was created as part of the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 and the first election to it was held on June 25, 1998. The initial executive was headed by David Trimble as First Minister. On December 2, 1999 the United Kingdom devolved political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive. [1] The assembly was suspended on October 14, 2002.
Northern Ireland Assembly Election, 1998 - Northern Ireland Assembly Election, 1998 The first elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly were held on June 25, 1998. The result was (first preference votes only) - Party Votes Vote % Seats Social Democratic and Labour Party 177,963 21.99% 24 Ulster Unionist Party 172,225 21.28% 28 Democratic Unionist Party 145,917 18.03% 20 Sinn Féin 142,858 17.65% 18 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 52,636 6.50% 6 UK Unionist Party 36,541 4.52% 5 Independent Unionists 24,339 3.00% 3 Progressive Unionist Party 20,634 2.55% 2 Northern Ireland Women's Coalition 13,019 1.61% 2 See also: Northern Ireland Assembly Election, 2003.
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition - Northern Ireland Women's Coalition The Northern Ireland Women's Coalition is a non-sectarian political party in Northern Ireland. It was founded 1996 with two delegates being elected to the multi-party talks. It supports the Good Friday Agreement and is strongly opposed to sectarian violence from both sides. In the Northern Ireland Assembly elections of 1998, it obtained two members - Monica McWilliams and Jane Morrice, representing South Belfast and North Down respectively. McWilliams, who is also leader and founder of the party, stood as a candidate in the Westminster elections in 2001, and came a respectable third. The party does not take a position on whether Northern Ireland should be part of the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland. It has attracted support from former supporters.
Northern Ireland Assembly Election, 2003 - Northern Ireland Assembly Election, 2003 The second elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly, which at the time of the elections had been suspended for just over a year, were held on 26 November, 2003. Six members were elected by Single Transferable Vote from each of Northern Ireland's eighteen Westminster Parliamentary constituencies, giving a total of 108 MLAs, or Members of the Legislative Assembly. The elections were contested by 18 parties, and a number of independent candidates. On the unionist side, the Democratic Unionist Party gained ten seats to become the largest party both in seats and votes. Despite slipping to third place in first preference votes the Ulster Unionist Party actually increased their vote slightly and only lost one seat. On the nationalist side, Sinn Féin.
Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly - Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly This is a list of members of the Northern Ireland Assembly. The current assembly was elected in November 2003, and has never met, as it is suspended along with Northern Ireland's devolved government. Members are arranged by party. See also: Northern Ireland MPs. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 2 Democratic Unionist Party 3 Independent 4 Progressive Unionist Party 5 Sinn Fein 6 Social Democratic and Labour Party 7 UK Unionist Party 8 Ulster Unionist Party Alliance Party of Northern Ireland Eileen Bell Seamus Close David Ford Naomi Long Keiran Mccarthy Sean Neeson Democratic Unionist Party Norah Beare (elected as UUP) Paul Berry Thomas Buchanan Gregory Campbell Wilson Clyde George Dawson Diane Dodds Nigel Dodds Jeffrey Donaldson.
List of political parties in Northern Ireland - List of political parties in Northern Ireland Although Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom in recent years it has a quite distinct political scene from the rest of the state as two of the major British political parties do not contest elections there, whilst the third, the Conservative Party, has received miniscule support in recent elections. Some parties, such as Sinn Féin, the Green Party and the Workers' Party are organised on an all Ireland basis. Others such as the Conservative Party are organised on an all United Kingdom basis. There are many Northern Ireland specific parties and these on the whole predominate. The distinction between "Unionist", "Nationalist/Republican" and "Other" is not always easy with some parties and individuals. Some have defined themselves less by their.
Ireland in the 20th Century - Ireland in the 20th Century Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 20th Century Ireland 2 1901-1910 3 1911-1920 4 1921-1930 5 1931-1940 6 1941-1950 7 1951-1960 8 1961-1970 9 1971-1980 10 1981-1990 11 1991-2000 20th Century Ireland 1901-1910 1901 Centenary year of the Act of Union. Edward VII is proclaimed King of Ireland in a state ceremony in Dublin. Members of the Irish Yeomanry return home from fighting in South Africa. The Irish census shows the population of Ireland to be 4,459,000. The All-Ireland Champions are London (hurling) and Dublin (football) 1902 Archbishop Croke, patron of the GAA, dies at the age of 78. Waterford City confer the freedom of the city on John Redmond. The centenary of the Christian Brothers is celebrated. The UK Liberal Party.
Ulster Unionist Party - Ulster Unionist Party The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP) is the a political party in Northern Ireland representing the unionist community, and was the party of government in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. Until 2003 it was the largest unionist party, and the largest party, but it has been overtaken in both ways by the Democratic Unionist Party. It came into existence as the Irish Unionist Party in the 1880s to resist any granting of home rule to Ireland within the United Kingdom, which was the main demand of the Irish Parliamentary Party under leaders Isaac Butt, William Shaw, Charles Stewart Parnell and John Redmond. As with its nationalist counterparts, the party had a strong association with religion.
Unionists (Ireland) - Unionists (Ireland) In the Irish context, Unionists form a group of largely (though not exclusively) Protestant people in Ireland, of all classeses, who wish to see the continuation of the Act of Union, as amended by the Government of Ireland Act, 1920, under which the Northern Ireland provincial state created in that latter Act remains part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Prior to 1921, Irish Unionists wished to see the Act of Union (which in 1801 had merged the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) remain in place. They opposed Irish Home Rule, which mainstream Irish nationalistss had demanded since the 1870s. Home Rule would have involved Ireland, while still remaining in.
European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party - European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party The European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party is a liberal and centrist party grouping with seats in the European Parliament. Member parties (incomplete list) Mouvement Réformateur (Reformist Movement) (Belgium) Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten (Flemish Liberals and Democrats) (Belgium) Det Radikale Venstre (The Radical Centre) (Denmark) Venstre (Denmark) (Centre Party) (Denmark) Svenska Folkpartiet i Finland (Swedish People's Party in Finland)(Finland) Suomen Keskusta (Centre Party) (Finland) Parti Radical (Radical Party) (France) Free Democratic Party (Germany) Margherita (Italy) Nuovo PSI (Italy) PRI-MRE (Italy) Union Valdotaine (Italy) Italia dei Valori (Italy) Democratic Party (Parti Démocratique / Demokratesch Partei) Luxemburg Democraten 66 (Democracy 66) - Netherlands Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (People's Party for Freedom and Democracy) (Netherlands) Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya (Spain) Unió Valenciana (Spain) Folkpartiet Liberalerna (Liberal.
USS Alliance (1778) - USS Alliance (1778) (add image here) Career Laid down: 1777 Launched: 28 April 1778 Fate: sold 1785 General Characteristics Displacement: 900 tons Length: 151 ft ( m) Beam: 36 ft ( m) Depth: 12.5 ft ( m) Complement: 300 officers and men Armament: 28 x 12-pounder guns, 8 x 9-pounders The first USS Alliance of the United States Navy was a 36-gun sailing frigate. Originally named Hancock, she was laid down in 1777 on the Merrimack River at Salisbury, Massachusetts, by the partners and cousins, William and James K. Hackett, launched on 28 April 1778, and renamed Alliance on 29 May 1778 by resolution of the Continental Congress. Her first commanding officer was Capt. Pierre Landais, a former officer of the French Navy who had come to.
The Labour Party (UK) - The Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in Great Britain, and one of the United Kingdom's three main political parties, and since 1997 has dominated British politics. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Structure 2 Early Years 3 The Split Under MacDonald 4 Post-War Victory to the 1960s 5 The 1970s 6 The Thatcher Years 7 New Labour 8 Leaders of the Labour Party since 1906 9 Deputy Leaders of the Labour Party since 1922 10 See also Structure The Labour Party is a membership organization consisting of Constituency Labour Parties, affiliated trade unions, and socialist societies. Members who are elected to parliamentary positions take part in the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) and European Parliamentary Labour Party (EPLP). The party's.
John Lambert (General) - of Nantwich and Bradford. At Marston Moor (2 July 1644) Lambert's own regiment was routed by the charge of Goring's horse; but he cut his way through with a few troops and joined Cromwell on the other side of the field. When the New Model Army formed in the beginning of 1645, Colonel Lambert was appointed to succeed Sir Thomas Fairfax in command of the northern forces, with the title of commissary-general. He was soon replaced by Sydnam Poyntz, and under this officer he served in the Yorkshire campaign of 1645, receiving a wound before Pontefract. In 1646 he was given a regiment in the New Model, serving with Sir Thomas Fairfax in the west of England, and he was a commissioner, with Cromwell and others, for the surrender of Oxford.
History of Europe - the Mediterranean sea, Asia Minor, Sicily and Southern Italy, but in the 4th century B.C. their internal wars made them an easy prey for king Philip II of Macedonia. The campaigns of his son Alexander the Great spread Greek culture into Persia, Egypt and India, but also favoured contact with the older learnings of those countries, opening up a new period of development, known as Hellenism. Rome Much of Greek learning was assimilated by the nascent Roman state as it expanded outward from Italy, taking advantage of its enemies' inability to unite: the only real challenge to Roman ascent came from the Phoenician colony of Carthage, but its defeat in the end of the 3rd century B.C marked the start of Roman hegemony. First governed by kings, then as a senatorial.
History of Canada - and the 1970s 28 The 1980 Quebec Referendum 29 The new constitution 30 Brian Mulroney 31 The 1995 Quebec Referendum 32 Contemporary issues The First Nations At around 10,000 BC, the first people entered what is now Canada, having travelled over the Bering Strait. These First Nations, as they are called in Canada, spread over all of Canada, adapting themselves to the various surroundings. Peoples varied from the Cree in northern Quebec, to the Haida and Salish on the Pacific coast, to the Iroquois in the Saint Lawrence River valley, to the Beothuks in Newfoundland. Another group, the Inuit, lived in the arctic regions. The First Nations populations were extremely diverse. Some such as the Iroquois and Haida were settled and agricultural. Others like the Blackfoot were nomadic hunter gatherers. Some.
History of the United States (1918-1945) - II 11 Related Topics Aftermath of World War I 1919 sheet music cover A popular Tin Pan Alley song of 1919 asked, concerning the United States troops returning from World War I, "How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On the Farm After They've Seen Paree?". In fact, many did not remain "down on the farm", as there was a great migration of formerly rural population to the cities. However agriculture became increasingly mechanized with widespread use of the tractor, so fewer farmers were needed to produce a greater harvest of food. US President Woodrow Wilson campaigned for the US to join the new League of Nations without success, as the mood of the nation favored a return to isolationism. The Roaring 20s In the U.S. presidential election, 1920 the Republican Party.
English Civil War - extended it to inland counties as well. As a levy for the Royal Navy, ship money was, according to Charles and his supporters, needed for the defence of the realm therefore within the legitimate scope of the royal prerogative. The tax had not been approved by Parliament, however, and a number of prominent men refused to pay it on these grounds. Reprisals against Sir John Eliot, one of the prime movers behind the Petition of Right, and the prosecution of William Prynne and John Hampden (who were fined after losing their case 7-5 for refusing to pay ship money, taking a stand against the legality of the tax) aroused widespread indignation. Charles' use of the Court of Star Chamber in this issue also served to anger many, as the court had.
