William Allen (unionist politician)

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William James Allen (15 October 186620 December 1947), was a Northern Irish unionist politician.

He was elected to the British House of Commons at a by-election in 1917, as an Irish Unionist Party Member of Parliament for North Armagh, and retained his seat at the 1918 general election. The constituency was abolished for the 1922 general election, when he was re-elected as a member of the new Ulster Unionist Party for the new Armagh constituency.

He retained the seat until his death in 1947, at the age of 81.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir William Moore
Member of Parliament for North Armagh
1917–1922
Succeeded by
(constituency abolished)
Preceded by
(new constituency)
Member of Parliament for Armagh
1922–1947
Succeeded by
James Richard Edwards Harden