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]

Sir George Harvey was elected chairman of the Royal Infant Orphanage on the 12th October 1937. He succeeded John Wilson Hope CBE who had been chairman of the RIO[7] since 1917

References

  1. 1 2 3 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)
  2. ↑ "No. 32996". The London Gazette. 25 November 1924. p. 8528.
  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. ↑ "No. 33769". The London Gazette. 25 November 1924. p. 7140.
  5. ↑ "The Birthday Honours Lord Dawson A Viscount, Four New Peerages". The Times. 23 June 1936. p. 17. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  6. ↑ "No. 34296". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 June 1936. p. 3996.
  7. ↑ "Diss Express Newspaper". Diss Express. 15 October 1937.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Thomas 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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