Eric Smith (UK politician)

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Eric Martin Smith (28 December 1908 – 13 August 1951) was a British Conservative Party politician.

At the 1950 general election, he was returned as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Grantham constituency in Lincolnshire. He replaced the independent MP William Denis Kendall, who had been first elected in a war-time by-election, but did not stand in 1950.

Smith's death in August 1951 at the age of 42 did not trigger a by-election. The seat remained vacant unti the 1951 general election, on 25 October.

[edit] Offices held

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Denis Kendall	Member of Parliament for Grantham 1950–1951	Succeeded by Joseph Godber

[edit] References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page