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This is a list of members of the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention, which was elected in 1975.
All members elected to the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention are listed. Members are grouped by party.
This is a list of members elected to the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention, sorted by party.
The list is given in alphabetical order by constituency.
Of all the members, the four women were: Sheena Conn, Jean Coulter, Anne Dickson, Eileen Paisley. [1]
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