William Thomas Miller

{{Short description|Politician from Northern Ireland}}

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| name = William Thomas Miller

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| office1 = Member of Parliament for Fermanagh and Tyrone

| term1 = 1921–1929

| alongside1 = 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)

| party = Unionist

| birth_date = {{birth year|1865}}

| birth_place = Newtownstewart, England

| death_date = 30 October {{death year and age|1930|1865}}

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| education = Methodist College Belfast

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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/biographies.html|work=United Kingdom Election Results|title=Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons: William Thomas Miller|access-date=30 November 2018}} 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|date=January 2024}}

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|title = Member of Parliament for Fermanagh and Tyrone

|years = 1921–1929

|with = Arthur Griffith 1921–1922

|with3 = William Coote 1921–1924

|with4 = Seán Milroy 1921–1925

|with5 = Edward Archdale 1921–1929

|with6 = James Cooper 1921–1929

|with7 = Seán O'Mahony 1921–1925

|with8 = Thomas Harbison 1921–1929

|with9 = Alex Donnelly 1925–1929

|with10 = Rowley Elliott 1925–1929

|with11 = Cahir Healy 1925–1929

|with12 = John McHugh 1925–1929

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{{s-ttl|title = Member of Parliament for North Tyrone

|years = 1929–1930}}

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Category:1865 births

Category:1930 deaths

Category:People from County Tyrone

Category:Members of Tyrone County Council

Category:Farmers from Northern Ireland

Category:Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1921–1925

Category:Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1925–1929

Category:Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1929–1933

Category:Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for Fermanagh and Tyrone

Category:Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for County Tyrone constituencies

Category:Ulster Unionist Party members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland

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