Thursday, 7 September 2017

1670 George Cooper




Constituency : Bermondsey  1906-09

George  took  Bermondsey  from  the  Tories.

George  was  a  GP  in  the  constituency. He  was  elected  to  the  L.C.C.  in  1889.

George  supported  female  suffrage. He  also  backed  the  People's  Budget. He  questioned  Herbert  Gladstone  about  the  conditions  for  imprisoned  suffragettes.

He  died  in  1909  aged  65.

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