Alexander Hunter was a unionist politician in

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. Hunter studied at the

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and Stranmillis Training College, then at

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, and

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, before becoming a teacher. He became active in the

Ulster Unionist Party The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland. The party was founded in 1905, emerging from the Irish Unionist Alliance in Ulster. Under Edward Carson, it led unionist opposition to the Irish Home Rule ...

and was elected for

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, unopposed, in a by-election in 1950. He served until

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, when he retired. He was also active in the

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, and was one of the leading voices of concern over constructing the

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.Henry Patterson, ''Unionism and Orangeism in Northern Ireland Since 1945'', p.66

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Year of birth missing Year of death missing Alumni of Queen's University Belfast Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1949–1953 Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1953–1958 Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1958–1962 Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1962–1965 People educated at the Belfast Royal Academy Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for County Antrim constituencies Ulster Unionist Party members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland {{NorthernIreland-politician-stub