George Llewellen Palmer

George Llewellen Palmer (12 March 1857 – 31 March 1932)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician.

In 1903-1904, Palmer was High Sheriff of Wiltshire.

At the 1918 general election he was elected as Member of Parliament for Westbury in Wiltshire, having stood as a Coalition Conservative.[2] Palmer had previously fought the Westbury seat unsuccessfully both at the December 1910 general election and at a by-election in 1911,[3] but in 1918 the strength of the "coalition coupon" was enough to wrest the seat by a large margin from the sitting Liberal Party MP Geoffrey Howard.

The Liberals retook Westbury at the 1922 election, and Palmer did not stand for Parliament again.[2]

References

  1. ^ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "W" (part 2)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Wcommons2.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-22. 
  2. ^ a b Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 499. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. 
  3. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 417. ISBN 0-900178-27-2. 

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Geoffrey Howard		 Member of Parliament for Westbury
1918 – 1922		 Succeeded by
Charles Darbishire