Sunday, 8 April 2018
1877 James Kiley
Constituency : Whitechapel 1916-18, Whitechapel and St Georges 1918-22
James took over at Whitechapel after the resignation of Stuart Samuel.
James was director of a warehouse company. He was elected to Stepney Borough Council in 1910 and became mayor in 1915.
James was a staunch defender of free trade.
James held his seat despite the Conservative candidate having the coupon.
In 1922 James was narrowly defeated by Labour whose candidate died not long afterwards. In the by-election the Conservatives withdrew but Labour seemed to benefit more and won by a larger margin. James clawed some ground back in 1923.
James later became chair of a fancy goods firm.
|He died in 1953 aged 88.
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