children birth_date constituency_am term_end alma_mater imagesize order term_start spouse image name otherparty deputy predecessor birth_place assembly party office successor article_title
3 28 march 1955 belfast east 2009 29 february 2004 1998 26 november 2003 queen 's university belfast 150px 1st 2005 1 july 1998 1987 25 june 1998 joan hill lord alderdice.jpg the lord alderdice alliance sir mcclelland -lrb- 2000 -- 2007 -rrb- jane morrice -lrb- 2000 john -- 2007 -rrb- jim wilson -lrb- 2002 -- 2007 -rrb- gorman -lrb- 2000 -- 2002 -rrb- donovan annemie new creation '' neyts-uyttebroeck '' new position '' john cushnahan '' ballymena , northern ireland northern ireland liberal democrats president assembly leader of the alliance party of liberal international speaker of the northern ireland hans van baalen eileen bell séan neeson naomi long john alderdice , baron alderdice

john alderdice , baron alderdice

john thomas alderdice , baron alderdice -lrb- born 28 march 1955 -rrb- is a northern ireland politician .
he was speaker of the northern ireland assembly 1998 -- 2004 , leader of the alliance party of northern ireland 1987 -- 1998 , and since 1996 has sat in the house of lords as a liberal democrat .
