Mabel Philipson
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Mabel Philipson (1 January 1887 – 8 January 1951) was a British actress and politician. She was the third female member to serve in the House of Commons after this became legally possible in 1918, representing Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Born Mabel Russell, she became a successful music hall and comedy actress. Widowed by 1911, in 1917 she married Hilton Philipson, a business owner and National Liberal politician; they had three children.
On 21 November 1918 the Parliamentary Qualification of Women Act, introduced a few weeks previously by Lord Robert Cecil was given Royal Assent, making women eligible as Members of Parliament.
Hilton Philipson was unseated on petition in 1923, due to a fraud involving his agent. Mabel Philipson was elected to the vacant seat as a Conservative, and held it until her retirement in 1929.
[edit] References
- John Sleight, Women on the March (1986)
- Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
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| Preceded by Hilton Philipson |
Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed 1923–1929 |
Succeeded by Alfred Todd |
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