William Coote

{{Short description|Irish politician (1863–1924)}} {{one source|date=January 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=January 2017}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = William Coote | image = | caption = | parliament = Northern Ireland | constituency_MP = Fermanagh and Tyrone | term_start = 1921 | term_end = 1924 | predecessor= ''Constituency established'' | successor = ''Multi-member constituency'' | parliament1 = UK | constituency_MP1= South Tyrone | term_start1 = 28 February 1916 | term_end1 = 26 October 1922 | predecessor1= Andrew Horner | successor1 = ''Constituency abolished'' | party = Irish Unionist | birth_date = 1863 | birth_place = | death_date = 14 December 1924 | death_place = | education = | spouse = | children = }} '''William Coote''' (1863 – 14 December 1924) was an Irish Unionist politician.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Tcommons2.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080926073603/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Tcommons2.htm|archive-date=26 September 2008|title=Leigh Rayment's House of Commons|url-status=usurped|accessdate=26 June 2015}}</ref> He was elected unopposed as Member of Parliament for South Tyrone at the February 1916 by-election caused by the death of the incumbent Andrew Horner. He was re-elected at the 1918 general election and served until the constituency was abolished in 1922.

In 1921, he was elected to House of Commons of Northern Ireland for the constituency of Fermanagh and Tyrone. He died in 1924 and his seat remained vacant at dissolution.

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==External links== *{{Hansard-contribs|mr-william-coote|William Coote}} * {{cite TIWW|page=70 |Coote, William}}

{{s-start}} {{s-par|uk}} {{s-bef|before = Andrew Horner}} {{s-ttl|title = Member of Parliament for South Tyrone |years = 1916–1922}} {{s-non|reason = Constituency abolished}} {{s-par|ni}} {{s-new|Parliament}} {{s-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for Fermanagh and Tyrone | years = 1921–1924 | with = Arthur Griffith 1921–1922 | with2 = Edward Archdale 1921–1929 | with3 = Seán Milroy 1921–1925 | with4 = William Thomas Miller 1921–1929 | with5 = James Cooper 1921–1929 | with6 = Seán O'Mahony 1921–1925 | with7 = Thomas Harbison 1921–1929 }} {{s-aft | after = Edward Archdale 1921–1929 | after2 = Seán Milroy 1921–1925 | after3 = William Thomas Miller 1921–1929 | after4 = James Cooper 1921–1929 | after5 = Seán O'Mahony 1921–1925 | after6 = Thomas Harbison 1921–1929 }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Coote, William}} Category:1863 births Category:1924 deaths Category:Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Tyrone constituencies (1801–1922) Category:Ulster Unionist Party MPs Category:UK MPs 1910–1918 Category:UK MPs 1918–1922 Category:Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for Fermanagh and Tyrone Category:Ulster Unionist Party members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland Category:Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1921–1925 Category:Irish Unionist Party MPs