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George Harry Hirst

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Hirst in 1923

George Henry Hirst (17 May 1879, Elsecar – 13 November 1933, Darfield, South Yorkshire) was a British politician, elected Labour Member of Parliament for Wentworth when the constituency was created in 1918.

George Henry Hirst was a checkweighman, and a member of Yorkshire Miners' Association. He was elected MP for Wentworth on 18 December 1918,[1] and held the seat until his death, aged 54, in 1933.

Hirst married twice and had 16 children, 12 by his second wife.[2]

References

  1. ^ Debrett's House of Commons, 1922, p. 80
  2. ^ 'Mr G. H. Hirst, M.P.', The Times, 14 November 1933
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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Member of Parliament for Wentworth
19181933
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