George Strauss

The Right Honourable
George Strauss
PC
The Right Honourable George Strauss PC
Minister of Supply
	In office; 7 October 1947 – 26 October 1951
Prime Minister	Clement Attlee
Preceded by	John Wilmot
Succeeded by	Duncan Sandys
Member of Parliament ; for Vauxhall
	In office; 23 February 1950 – 7 April 1979
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Stuart Holland
Member of Parliament ; for Lambeth North
	In office; 14 November 1935 – 3 February 1950
Preceded by	Frank Briant
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
	In office; 30 May 1929 – 27 October 1931
Preceded by	Frank Briant
Succeeded by	Frank Briant
Personal details
Born	18 July 1901
Died	5 June 1993 (aged 91)
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Patricia O'Flynn (m. 1932; died 1987); Benita Armstrong (m. 1987)
Parent(s)	Arthur Strauss; Minna Cohen

George Russell Strauss, Baron Strauss PC (18 July 1901 – 5 June 1993) was a long-serving British Labour Party politician, who was a Member of Parliament (MP) for 46 years and was Father of the House of Commons from 1974 to 1979.

Early life

Strauss was the son of the Conservative (and previously a Liberal Unionist) MP Arthur Strauss (1847–1920), who later joined the Labour Party. George Strauss was educated at Rugby School, where the hostile treatment experienced by him and other Jewish boys left him as a vehement supporter of racial equality. He became a metal merchant and a leading member of the London County Council, on which his wife Patricia also served.^[1]

Political career

Strauss' first parliamentary contest was in Lambeth North in 1924, when he lost by just 29 votes; however, he gained the seat in 1929. He lost it in Labour's landslide defeat of 1931, but regained it in a 1934 by-election. In 1939 Strauss was expelled from the Labour Party for seven months for supporting the 'Popular Front' movement of Stafford Cripps, whom he had served as Parliamentary Private Secretary.

Strauss was parliamentary secretary at the Ministry of Transport 1945–47 and was the Minister of Supply from 1947 to 1951. After boundary changes, he became MP for Vauxhall in 1950, which he represented until 1979. On 9 July 1979 he was created a life peer as Baron Strauss, of Vauxhall in the London Borough of Lambeth.^[2]

References

^ Dalyell, Tam (9 June 1993). "Obituary: Lord Strauss". The Independent. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
^ "No. 47901". The London Gazette. 12 July 1979. p. 8777.

Bibliography

Times Guide to the House of Commons October 1974
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

George Strauss on Schoolnet
Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by George Strauss

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Frank Briant	Member of Parliament for Lambeth North 1929–1931	Succeeded by Frank Briant
Preceded by Frank Briant	Member of Parliament for Lambeth North 1934–1950	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Vauxhall 1950–1979	Succeeded by Stuart Holland
Preceded by Sir Robin Turton	Father of the House 1974–1979	Succeeded by John Parker
Political offices
Preceded by John Wilmot	Minister of Supply 1947–1951	Succeeded by Duncan Sandys

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[1] Dalyell, Tam (9 June 1993). "Obituary: Lord Strauss". The Independent. Retrieved 21 April 2009.

[2] "No. 47901". The London Gazette. 12 July 1979. p. 8777.

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