Alfred Critchley
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Alfred Cecil Critchley (1890 – 9 February 1963) was a politician in the United Kingdom who served as a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) from 1934 to 1935.
Critchley contested the 1929 general election as a Conservative in the Manchester Gorton constituency, a safe seat for the Labour Party where he was heavily defeated.
In February 1931, he contested the Islington East by-election as a candidate for the Empire Free Trade Crusade and the United Empire Party, which both sought to make the British Empire a free trade bloc. The Empire Crusade had won the Paddington South by-election in October 1930, and hoped to repeat its success. Critchley came second, with 27.2% of the votes, and the Empire Crusade never won another seat.
He rejoined the Conservative Party, and won the Twickenham by-election on 22nd June 1934. However, he did not contest the 1935 general election.
[edit] References
- Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
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Member of Parliament for Twickenham 1934–1935 |
Succeeded by Sir Edward Keeling |
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