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
19241929
Succeeded by
Leonard Matters
Preceded by
Leonard Matters
Member of Parliament for Kennington
19311939
Succeeded by
John Wilmot


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