George Harvey (British politician)
Sir George Harvey (1870 – 27 March 1939)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Kennington division of Lambeth from 1924 to 1929, and from 1931 until his death.[1]
Harvey won the Kennington seat at the 1924 general election,[2] defeating the sitting Labour MP T. S. B. Williams.[3] He was unseated at the 1929 general election by the Labour candidate Leonard Matters,[3] an Australian journalist, but ousted Matters in 1931[4] with a majority of 28.6% of the votes.[3] He was re-elected in 1935, and held the seat until his death in 1939, aged 68.[1]
He was knighted in the King's Birthday Honours, 1936,[5] for "political and public services".[6]
References
- ^ a b c Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)
- ^ "No. 32996". The London Gazette. 25 November 1924.
- ^ a b c Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 34. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ^ "No. 33769". The London Gazette. 25 November 1924.
- ^ "The Birthday Honours Lord Dawson A Viscount, Four New Peerages". The Times. 23 June 1936. p. 17.
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