Robert Coulter (Northern Ireland politician)

Robert Coulter
Member of the Legislative Assembly
for Antrim North
In office
25 June 1998  5 May 2011
Preceded byNew Creation
Succeeded byRobin Swann
Member of
Ballymena Borough Council
In office
19 May 1993  7 June 2001
Preceded byNew district
Succeeded bySeamus Laverty
ConstituencyBannside
In office
15 May 1985  19 May 1993
Preceded byNew district
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
ConstituencyBallymena Town
Member of the Northern Ireland Forum
for North Antrim
In office
30 May 1996  25 April 1998
Preceded byForum created
Succeeded byForum dissolved
Personal details
Born(1929-10-23)23 October 1929
Ballymena, Northern Ireland
Died5 September 2018(2018-09-05) (aged 88)
Political partyUlster Unionist Party
Alma materTrinity College, Dublin University of Ulster
ProfessionClergyman

Robert Coulter, MBE (23 October 1929 – 5 September 2018) was an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician who was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for North Antrim from 1998 to 2011. He was a prominent proponent of unionism, and was the second oldest MLA after the Rev. Ian Paisley at the time of his retirement in 2011.