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

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)^{[self-published source]}^{[better source needed]}
↑ The London Gazette: no. 32996. p. 8528. 25 November 1924. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
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↑ The London Gazette: no. 33769. p. 7140. 25 November 1924. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
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↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 34296. p. 3996. 19 June 1936. Retrieved 9 August 2010.

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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