Alexander Hunter (politician)
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Alexander Hunter was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.
Hunter studied at the Belfast Royal Academy and Stranmillis Training College, then at Trinity College, Dublin, and Queen’s University Belfast, before becoming a teacher. He became active in the Ulster Unionist Party and was elected for Carrick, unopposed, in a by-election in 1950. He served until 1965, when he retired.[1] He was also active in the Orange Order, and was one of the leading voices of concern over constructing the new town of Craigavon.[2]
References
- ↑ Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons, United Kingdom Election Results
- ↑ Henry Patterson, Unionism and Orangeism in Northern Ireland Since 1945, p.66
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- Year of birth missing
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- Alumni of Queen's University Belfast
- Alumni of Trinity College, Dublin
- Members of the Parliament of Northern Ireland 1949–53
- Members of the Parliament of Northern Ireland 1953–58
- Members of the Parliament of Northern Ireland 1958–62
- Members of the Parliament of Northern Ireland 1962–65
- People educated at the Belfast Royal Academy
