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Politician from Northern Ireland

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William Thomas Miller
Member of Parliament for Fermanagh and Tyrone
In office
1921–1929
Personal details
Born1865 (1865)
Newtownstewart, England
Died30 October 1930 (aged 64–65)
Political partyUnionist
EducationMethodist 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. 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.

References

  1. "Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons: William Thomas Miller". United Kingdom Election Results. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
Parliament of Northern Ireland
New parliament Member of Parliament for Fermanagh and Tyrone
1921–1929
With: Arthur Griffith 1921–1922
William Coote 1921–1924
Seán Milroy 1921–1925
Edward Archdale 1921–1929
James Cooper 1921–1929
Seán O'Mahony 1921–1925
Thomas Harbison 1921–1929
Alex Donnelly 1925–1929
Rowley Elliott 1925–1929
Cahir Healy 1925–1929
John McHugh 1925–1929
Constituency divided
New constituency
from part of Fermanagh and Tyrone
Member of Parliament for North Tyrone
1929–1930
Succeeded byJames Gamble


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