Thomas Stanislaus McAllister (1878 – 29 April 1950) was an

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. McAllister worked as a

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Northern Ireland Parliamentary Elections Results: Biographies
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. At the

1925 Northern Ireland general election The 1925 Northern Ireland general election was held on 3 April 1925. It was the second election to the Parliament of Northern Ireland. It saw significant losses for the Ulster Unionist Party, although they maintained their large majority. This ...

, he was elected for the Nationalist Party in Antrim. He took his seat almost immediately, alongside

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, and the rest of the party gradually followed suit.Peter Barberis et al, ''Encyclopedia of British and Irish political organizations'', p.8 He stood down at the 1929 general election, shortly after his election to the

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. He became the party leader in the Senate and served until his death in 1950. He served as Deputy Speaker of the Senate 1930–32 and 1942–44. McAllister was a native of

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. He was noted as a huntsman, racing cyclist and also played football for

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football club. TS and Sara McAllister

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Macallister, Thomas Stanislaus 1878 births 1950 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1925–1929 Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1929–1933 Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1933–1937 Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1937–1941 Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1941–1945 Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1945–1949 Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1949–1953 Nationalist Party (Ireland) members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland Nationalist Party (Ireland) members of the Senate of Northern Ireland Solicitors from Northern Ireland Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for County Antrim constituencies