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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]

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  1. ^ Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons Archived 26 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine, United Kingdom Election Results
  2. ^ Henry Patterson, Unionism and Orangeism in Northern Ireland Since 1945, p.66