Ernest Kinghorn

Ernest Kinghorn (1 November 1907 – January 2001)[1] was a British Labour Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1945 to 1951.

Kingjorn was born in Leeds, and became a teacher after studying at the universities of Leeds, Basle and Lille.[2] During World War II he served as an intelligence officer with the Royal Air Force, and in 1945 he was a staff officer with the Control Commission in Germany.[2]

He unsuccessfully contested the Hexham division of Northumberland at the 1935 general election,[3] but at the general election in July 1945 he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Great Yarmouth.[4] He was re-elected in 1950, [5] but at the 1951 general election he was defeated by the Conservative Party candidate Anthony Fell.[6] He stood again in 1955, but without success.[7]

References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 2)
  2. ^ a b Stenton, Michael; Lees, Stephens (1981). Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume IV, 1945–1979. Brighton: The Harvester Press. pp. 205–206. ISBN 0-85527-335-6. 
  3. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 441. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. 
  4. ^ Craig, page 138
  5. ^ London Gazette: no. 38851. p. 1040. 28 February 1950. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
  6. ^ "UK General Election results October 1951". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge51/i21.htm. Retrieved 12 November 2010. 
  7. ^ "UK General Election results May 1955". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge55/i21.htm. Retrieved 12 November 2010. 

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Percy Jewson		 Member of Parliament for Yarmouth
1945 – 1951		 Succeeded by
Anthony Fell