George Henry Walker

George Henry Walker (1874 – 24 January 1954)^[1] was a British Labour Party politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Rossendale from 1945 to 1950.

Walker unsuccessfully contested Blackburn at the 1935 general election.^[2] He was elected at the 1945 general election as MP for Rossendale,^[3] at the age of 70, becoming one of only a handful of first-time MPs in their seventies. There is some possibility that he was the oldest ever first-time MP elected at a general election, but there is some uncertainty about his exact date of birth and that of a few other elderly MPs.

Walker did not stand again at the 1950 general election, when the Rossendale seat was held for Labour by Anthony Greenwood .^[4]

References

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 92. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
^ Craig, op. cit, page 228
^ "UK General Election results February 1950, part 17". Richard Kimber's political science resources. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge50/i17.htm. Retrieved 21 January 2010.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by George Henry Walker

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Ronald Cross	Member of Parliament for Rossendale 1945 – 1950	Succeeded by Anthony Greenwood

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Name	Walker, George
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Short description	British politician
Date of birth	1874
Place of birth
Date of death	24 January 1954
Place of death