Hugh McAleer was an Irish nationalist politician

Politician

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Born in Beragh

Beragh

Beragh is a village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is about east of Omagh. The 2001 Census recorded a population of 520.-History:One of the first known references to the village was on a 1690 Plantation map of Ireland...

, County Tyrone

County Tyrone

Historically Tyrone stretched as far north as Lough Foyle, and comprised part of modern day County Londonderry east of the River Foyle. The majority of County Londonderry was carved out of Tyrone between 1610-1620 when that land went to the Guilds of London to set up profit making schemes based on...

, McAleer worked as a teacher before being elected to Tyrone County Council. He became the President of the Ancient Order of Hibernians

Ancient Order of Hibernians

The Ancient Order of Hibernians is an Irish Catholic fraternal organization. Members must be Catholic and either Irish born or of Irish descent. Its largest membership is now in the United States, where it was founded in New York City in 1836...

 in County Tyrone, and at the Northern Ireland general election, 1929

Northern Ireland general election, 1929

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, he was elected as the Nationalist Party

Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)

The Nationalist Party† - was the continuation of the Irish Parliamentary Party, and was formed after partition, by the Northern Ireland-based members of the IPP....

 MP for Mid Tyrone

Mid Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Mid Tyrone was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Mid Tyrone was a county constituency comprising the central part of County Tyrone. It was created when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland...

. In 1935, he followed Alex Donnelly

Alex Donnelly

Alexander Ernest Donnelly, known as Alex Donnelly , was a nationalist politician and solicitor in Ireland.Donnelly studied at the Christian Brothers School in Omagh and the Royal University of Ireland. He was elected to Tyrone County Council in 1914, holding his seat until 1951, holding the post...

in withdrawing from Parliament, but he held his seat until his death in 1941.