President of the Local Government Board

The President of the Local Government Board was a ministerial post, frequently a Cabinet position, in the United Kingdom, established in 1871. The Local Government Board itself was established in 1871 and took over supervisory functions from the Board of Trade and the Home Office, including the Local Government Act Office, which had been established by the Local Government Act 1858, as well as the Poor Law Board, which it replaced.^[1]

The position was abolished in 1919, following the First World War, and the duties transferred to the new position of Minister of Health.

List of presidents of the Local Government Board (1871–1919)

President of the Local Government Board
Liberal Conservative Liberal Unionist
Portrait	Name Constituency	Term of office		Political party	Government	Ref
	James Stansfeld MP for Halifax	August 1871	March 1874	Liberal	Gladstone I	^[2] ^[3]
	George Sclater-Booth MP for Northern Hampshire	March 1874	May 1880	Conservative	Disraeli II	^[4]
	John George Dodson MP for Scarborough	May 1880	1882	Liberal	Gladstone II	^[5]
	Sir Charles Dilke 2nd Baronet MP for Chelsea	1882	1885	Liberal	Gladstone II	^[2]
	Arthur Balfour MP for Manchester East	1885	1886	Conservative	Salisbury I	^[2]
	Joseph Chamberlain MP for Birmingham West	1886	1886	Liberal Unionist	Gladstone III	^[2]
	James Stansfeld MP for Halifax	1886	1886	Liberal	Gladstone III	^[2]
	Charles Ritchie MP for Tower Hamlets, St George Division	1886	1892	Conservative	Salisbury II	^[2]
	Henry Fowler MP for Wolverhampton East	1892	1894	Liberal	Gladstone IV	^[2]
	George Shaw-Lefevre MP for Bradford Central	1894	1895	Liberal	Rosebery	^[2]
	Henry Chaplin MP for Sleaford	1895	1900	Conservative	Salisbury (III & IV) (Cons.–Lib.U.)	^[2]
	Walter Long MP for Bristol South	1900	1905	Conservative	Salisbury (III & IV) (Cons.–Lib.U.)	^[2]
	Walter Long MP for Bristol South	1900	1905	Conservative	Balfour (Cons.–Lib.U.)	^[2]
	Gerald Balfour MP for Leeds Central	1905	11 December 1905	Conservative	Balfour (Cons.–Lib.U.)	^[2]
	John Burns MP for Battersea	11 December 1905	1914	Liberal (Lib-Lab)	Campbell-Bannerman	^[6]
	John Burns MP for Battersea	11 December 1905	1914	Liberal (Lib-Lab)	Asquith (I–III)	^[6]
	Herbert Samuel MP for Cleveland	1914	1915	Liberal	Asquith (I–III)	^[2]
	Walter Long MP for Strand	1915	1916	Conservative	Asquith Coalition (Lib.–Cons.–Lab.)	^[2]
	David Alfred Thomas 1st Baron Rhondda	13 December 1916	1917	Liberal	Lloyd George (I & II) (Lib.–Cons.–Lab.)	^[7]
	William Hayes Fisher MP for Fulham	2 July 1917	1918	Conservative		^[8]
	Auckland Geddes MP for Basingstoke	1918	1919	Conservative		^[2]
	Christopher Addison MP for Shoreditch	1919	1919	Liberal (Coalition)		^[2]

References

^ "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on 2006-05-17. Retrieved 2005-12-29.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "President of the Board of Local Government". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 8 August 2017.
^ "No. 23769". The London Gazette. 22 August 1871. p. 3688.
^ "No. 8456". The London Gazette. 6 March 1874. p. 149.
^ "No. 24841". The London Gazette. 4 May 1880. p. 2836.
^ "No. 27863". The London Gazette. 12 December 1905. p. 8897.
^ "No. 29865". The London Gazette. 15 December 1916. p. 12225.
^ "No. 13110". The London Gazette. 6 July 1917. p. 1279.

[1] "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on 2006-05-17. Retrieved 2005-12-29.

[Hansard_list-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "President of the Board of Local Government". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 8 August 2017.

[3] "No. 23769". The London Gazette. 22 August 1871. p. 3688.

[4] "No. 8456". The London Gazette. 6 March 1874. p. 149.

[5] "No. 24841". The London Gazette. 4 May 1880. p. 2836.

[6] "No. 27863". The London Gazette. 12 December 1905. p. 8897.

[7] "No. 29865". The London Gazette. 15 December 1916. p. 12225.

[8] "No. 13110". The London Gazette. 6 July 1917. p. 1279.

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