Edward Lessing

Edward Albert Lessing (28 July 1890 – 25 August 1964) was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Born in Mayfair, London, 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 1923 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 1924 general election. He lost again at the 1929 election, and did not stand for Parliament again. He died in Kensington aged 73. The Abingdon constituency was then held by the Conservatives until its abolition in 1983.

References

Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Edward Lessing

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Arthur Loyd	Member of Parliament for Abingdon 1923–1924	Succeeded by Ralph Glyn

Persondata
Name	Lessing, Edward
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Short description	British politician
Date of birth	28 July 1890
Place of birth
Date of death	25 August 1964
Place of death