Joseph Frederick Green
Joseph Frederick Green (5 July 1855 – 1 May 1932)[1] was a British politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1918 to 1922 as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester West.
Standing as a candidate of the National Democratic and Labour Party, with support of the Liberal-led and Conservative-dominated coalition government, he contested the newly-created Leicester West constituency at the 1918 general election. His only opponent was the Labour Party candidate Ramsay MacDonald, a sitting MP for the two-seat Leicester constituency until it was divided for this election.
With coalition support, Green won 76% of the votes, defeating MacDonald.[2] However, at the 1922 general election, without coalition support, Green stood as a National Liberal Party candidate. He won only 28.4% of the votes, and lost his seat to the Labour Party candidate Alfred Hill. Green did not stand again.[2]
References
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Joseph Green
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| New constituency see Leicester |
Member of Parliament for Leicester West 1918 – 1922 |
Succeeded by Alfred Hill |