Edward Lessing
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Edward Albert Lessing (28 July 1890 – 25 August 1964) was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom.
At the 1922 general election he stood as the Liberal candidate in the Conservative-held constituency of Abingdon, where Conservative Party candidates had been returned unopposed at the 1918 general election and at a by-election in 1921. Lessing lost by only 540 votes to the sitting Member of Parliament (MP) Arthur Loyd, but at the 1924 general election he won, with a majority of 254 votes over Ralph Glyn, Lloyd's successor as Conservative candidate.
Lessing served as Member of Parliament for less than a year, losing his seat to Glyn at the 1923 general election. He lost again at the 1929 election, and did not stand for Parliament again. The Abingdon constituency was then held by the Conservatives until its abolition in 1983.
[edit] Sources
- 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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| Preceded by Arthur Loyd |
Member of Parliament for Abingdon 1924–1924 |
Succeeded by Ralph Glyn |
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