John Morgan (politician)

For other people named John Morgan, see John Morgan (disambiguation).

John Morgan (21 October 1892 – 4 December 1940)^[1] was a British Labour Party politician.

Morgan stood unsuccessfully as a Labour candidate in a series of Parliamentary elections in the 1930s, losing at Leicester West in 1935 by only 87 votes.^[2] He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Doncaster in the West Riding of Yorkshire at a by-election in November 1938, following the death of the Labour MP Alfred Short.^[3] However, he was in the House of Commons for barely two years when he died in December 1940, aged 48.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with D, part 2". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Dcommons2.htm. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 168. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 513. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Morgan

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Alfred Short	Member of Parliament for Doncaster 1938 – 1940	Succeeded by Evelyn Walkden

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Name	Morgan, John
Alternative names
Short description	British politician
Date of birth	21 October 1892
Place of birth
Date of death	4 December 1940
Place of death