Harold Elverston
Sir Harold Elverston(26 December 1866 – 10 August 1941) was a BritishLiberal Partypolitician.
Background[edit]
He was born on 26 December 1866, the third son of James Booth Elverston of Heaton Chapel,Stockport.He was educated privately. He married in 1899, Josephine Taylor, daughter of J. J. Taylor of Rusholme, a newspaper proprietor. They had three sons.[1]
Career[edit]
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He was a member ofManchester City Council.He served on the Executive Committee of theNational Liberal Federationfrom 1906 to 1910. He served as Hon. Secretary of the Lancashire and Cheshire Liberal Federation from 1906 to 1925.
He served as aJustice of the Peacein Cheshire. He first stood for parliament when he contested the1908 Worcester by-election,a seat that the Conservatives held. He was LiberalMember of ParliamentforGatesheadfrom 1910 to 1918. Gateshead was a seat that the Liberals had won in 1906 with their candidate being sponsored by theDurham Miners' Association.The miners unions were independent until theMiners' Federation of Great Britainvoted to affiliate to the Labour Party. They instructed all miners sponsored MPs to stand for re-election as Labour candidates and this is what happened in Gateshead. However, the local Liberal Association wanted a Liberal candidate to defend the seat and selected Elverston. He won the seat and the sitting Labour MP finished bottom of the poll;[2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Harold Elverston | 6,800 | 40.7 | +40.7 | |
Liberal Unionist | Nicholas Grattan-Doyle | 6,323 | 37.9 | +3.2 | |
Labour | John Johnson | 3,572 | 21.4 | −43.9 | |
Majority | 477 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 87.2 | +7.8 | |||
LiberalgainfromLabour | Swing | +42.3 |
He held the seat at the following General Election shortly after;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Harold Elverston | 8,763 | 61.0 | +20.3 | |
Conservative | Herbert Conyers Surtees | 5,608 | 39.0 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 3,155 | 22.0 | +19.2 | ||
Turnout | 75.1 | ||||
Liberalhold | Swing |
He did not stand for parliament again.[3]He was knighted in 1911. He sought to defend his seat at the General Election at the end of the war but was up against a Unionist candidate who was supported by the Coalition Government. As a result, he finished bottom of the poll;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Brig-Gen. Herbert Conyers Surtees | 17,215 | 56.9 | +17.9 | |
Labour | John Brotherton | 7,212 | 23.8 | +23.8 | |
Liberal | Sir Harold Elverston | 5,833 | 19.3 | −41.7 | |
Majority | 10,003 | 33.1 | |||
Turnout | 54.6 | ||||
UnionistgainfromLiberal | Swing |
He was elected as a member ofCheshire County Councilin 1921. He again served on the Executive Committee of the National Liberal Federation from 1921 to 1925.
Outside politics he was a member of the Council of Manchester Royal College of Music. He was a member of the Advisory Committee of theRoyal London Mutual Assurance Society.He was a Director of Mutual Finance Ltd.
Sources[edit]
- Who Was Who
- British parliamentary election results 1885–1918, Craig, F. W. S.
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- Who Was Who;http:// ukwhoswho