Archibald Ian Allan (3 January 1916 – 13 February 2000) was an Australian politician. Born in

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, he attended

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before becoming an overseer at CSR. After serving in

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from 1939 to 1946, he became an

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announcer in Tamworth. In the

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for the

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seat of Gwydir that followed the death of Thomas Treloar in 1953, Allan was selected as the Country Party candidate and won. He held the seat until his resignation in 1969, after which he became Secretary-General of the

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. Allan died in 2000.

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