Constituency : Stockton-on-Tees 1917-23
Bertrand took over at Stockton-on-Tees on the death of Jonathan Samuel. He trounced an independent pacifist candidate.
Bertrand was the son of a local timber merchant. He was educated at Harrogate College. He became a solicitor in 1900 and was County Durham's Deputy Coroner from 1902 to 1911. In 1912 he became a Durham county councillor. He was also Mayor of STockton from 1915 to 1916.
Bertrand supported female suffrage and proportional representation.
Bertrand received the coupon in 1918 and was elected unopposed. He was briefly PPS to Edward Shortt as Home Secretary.
In 1922 he held his seat against Labour and an Asquithian candidate.
Bertrand stood down in 1923.
In 1928 Bertrand began a long stint as a magistrate. In 1936 he had to give it up following a series of heart attacks but he recovered well enough to resume in 1938.
He died of a heart attack in 1948 aged 69.
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