Harold Ian McClure (1905–9 January 1982), known as Ian McClure, was a

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and

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. Born in Dundonald, McClure studied at

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, then at

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. He first graduated in medicine, then in pathology, bacteriology and biochemistry. In 1932, he became a Fellow of the

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, and in 1944, a Fellow of the

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. In 1937, he began lecturing at Queen's. At the

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, McClure was elected for the

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in the Queen's University seat. He held his seat at the 1965 general election, but it was abolished from the 1969 election. He was instead elected to the

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, and served until it was prorogued in 1972.Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons
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