Saturday, 23 December 2017
1772 Harold Elverston
Constituency : Gateshead 1910-18
At Gateshead the local Liberals refused to accept John Johnson's defection to Labour and put Harold up against him. Johnson finished bottom of the poll despite the support of the Irish nationalists. He was unpopular with the miners because of his support for the Eight Hours Act.
Harold came from Stockport. He was a newspaper proprietor and printer . He was a member of Manchester City Council and the executive of the National Liberal Federation. He was Secretary of the Lancashire and Cheshire Liberal Federation from 1906 to 1925. He stood for Worcester in a by-election in 1908.
Harold was knighted in 1911.
In 1914 Harold questioned the amount of soldiers' equipment that was coming from private charity.
In 1918 Harold came third behind a couponed Conservative and Labour.
In 1921 , Harold was elected to Cheshire County Council.
Harold was a director of Mutual Finance Limited.
He died in 1941 aged 74.
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