George Harvey (British politician)

For other people named George Harvey, see George Harvey (disambiguation).

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

  1. 1 2 3 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32996. p. 8528. 25 November 1924. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 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.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33769. p. 7140. 25 November 1924. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  5. ↑ "The Birthday Honours Lord Dawson A Viscount, Four New Peerages". The Times. 23 June 1936. p. 17.
  6. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 34296. p. 3996. 19 June 1936. Retrieved 9 August 2010.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
T. S. B. Williams		 Member of Parliament for Kennington
1924 – 1929 		Succeeded by
Leonard Matters
Preceded by
Leonard Matters		 Member of Parliament for Kennington
1931 – 1939 		Succeeded by
John Wilmot


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