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William Thomas Miller | |
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Member of Parliament for Fermanagh and Tyrone | |
In office 1921–1929 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1865 Newtownstewart, England |
Died | 30 October 1930 (aged 64–65) |
Political party | Unionist |
Education | Methodist College Belfast |
William Thomas Miller (1865 – 6 October 1930) was a Northern Irish Unionist politician.
Biography
A farmer, he was born in Newtownstewart in 1865. He was educated at the Model School, Newtownstewart; and the Intermediate School, Newtownstewart; and the Methodist College Belfast.[1] He was a member of Strabane Rural District Council and of Tyrone County Council.
He unsuccessfully contested the North West Tyrone constituency in the 1918 United Kingdom general election, losing to Sinn Féin's Arthur Griffith. In 1921, he was elected to House of Commons of Northern Ireland for the constituency of Fermanagh and Tyrone, and was re-elected in 1925. In 1929, he was elected for the constituency of North Tyrone. He died in 1930 and at the subsequent by-election James Gamble was elected unopposed.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons: William Thomas Miller". United Kingdom Election Results. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
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