1336 Walter Hazell

Constituency : Leicester  1894-1900

Walter,  together  with  Henry  Broadhurst  replaced  James  Picton  and  James  Whitehead  in  a  double  by-election  at  Leicester.

Walter  was  a  Congregationalist  and  treasurer  of  the  Peace  Society. He  was  a  partner  in  a  printing  and  publishing  firm. This  enabled  him  to  produce  pamphlets  on  social  reform. He  introduced  a  sick  fund  in  1874.

In  1895, despite  his  pacifist  inclinations, Walter  declared  that  the  time  may  be  right  to  use  force  against  the  Sultan  after  the  Armenian  massacres.

Walter  was  a  member  of  the  Emigration  Committee. He  supported  Women's  Suffrage.

In  1900  Walter  was  edged  into third  place  by  the  Conservatives.

He  died  in  1919  aged  76.