Arthur Edgar Jalland

Arthur Edgar Jalland JP (1889-21 January 1958), was a British QC, Judge and Liberal Party politician.

Background

He was the 4th son of William Henry and Mary S. Jalland. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Manchester University. He married, in 1914, Elizabeth Hewitt Wainwright. They had one son, William and one daughter, Marjorie.[1]

Professional career

Gray’s Inn LLB 1910. He was Called to the bar in 1911. He served in the European War with HM Forces 1915–19. He was a Lieutenant RGA (SR). He was appointed a King's Council in 1950. He was Chairman of the Lancashire County Quarter Sessions from 1950-58. He was Recorder of Preston and Judge of Preston Borough Court of Pleas from 1950-58. He was Justice of the peace in Lancashire County and Preston Borough 1950-58.[2]

Political career

He was a member of the executive of the Lancashire, Cheshire and North-Western Liberal Federation.[3] He was Liberal candidate for the Knutsford Division of Cheshire at the 1929 General Election. The Liberals came to within 80 votes of winning Knutsford in 1923. The Liberals experienced a mini-revival and there was a swing to the Liberals in Knutsford of 7%. However, he was unable to unseat his Unionist opponent;

General Election 1929: Knutsford[4]

Electorate 52,479

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Ernest Makins 22,605 53.5 -7.0
Liberal Arthur Edgar Jalland 19,629 46.5 +7.0
Majority 2,976 7.0 -14.0
Turnout 80.5
Unionist hold Swing -7.0

In October 1931 he was re-adopted as Liberal candidate for Knutsford to contest the 1931 General Election called by the recently formed National Government.[5] However his nomination did not go forward and his Conservative opponent was returned unopposed. He continued as the Liberal prospective candidate for Knutsford into 1933 before he stood down.[6] Although he did not stand for parliament again, he continued to support the Liberal party. After the war he was still active as Honorary Secretary of the Lancashire, Cheshire and North-Western Liberal Federation.[7]

Marjorie Wainwright Jalland

His daughter Marjorie was also active in politics with the Liberal Party. In the late 1930s she was a regular speaker at Liberal Party events in the Lancashire area.[8] She was adopted as Liberal candidate for the Lancashire division of Mossley. She contested the 1945 General Election and came third ahead of the encumbent Member of Parliament;

General Election 1945: Mossley[9]

Electorate 75,697

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rev. George Saville Woods 27,435 47.5 -0.2
Conservative Capt. G.E. Rush 18,452 32.0 n/a
Liberal Marjorie Wainwright Jalland 7,128 12.4 n/a
Independent Austin Hopkinson 4,671 8.1 -44.2
Majority 8,983 15.5
Turnout 54,669 76.2
Labour gain from Independent Swing

References

  1. ↑ ‘JALLAND, Arthur Edgar’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 18 March 2014
  2. ↑ ‘JALLAND, Arthur Edgar’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 18 March 2014
  3. ↑ The Times House of Commons, 1929
  4. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
  5. ↑ "New Candidates." Times [London, England] 12 Oct. 1931: 12+. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 18 Mar. 2014.
  6. ↑ Burnley Express, 20 May 1933
  7. ↑ The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 2 Jun 1947
  8. ↑ The Liberal Magazine, 1938
  9. ↑ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig F.W.S.