William Thomas Miller Explained

William Thomas Miller
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 Place:Newtownstewart, England
Death Date:30 October
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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons: William Thomas Miller. United Kingdom Election Results. 30 November 2018.