Constituency : Newcastle upon Tyne East 1918-22
Harry won the new seat of Newcastle-upon-Tyne as a Coalition Liberal, defeating Labour and an NFDDSS candidate.
Harry was an architect and town planner. He was District Valuer for the city between 1916 and 1918.
Harry's maiden speech called for moderation from the trade union movement.
In 1919 Harry decided to go into opposition with the Asquithians as a result of the decision to oppose John Simon at the Spen Valley by-election. Harry was a radical supporter of social reforms including the capital levy which put him at odds with Donald Maclean. Harry criticised Maclean at the NLF conference in 1919.He was Honorary Secretary of the Cobden Club from 1920 to 1924.
In 1922 , Harry was opposed by a National Liberal candidate which split the Liberal vote and allowed Labour to take the seat. Shortly afterwards the Labour winner died and Arthur Henderson stood at the by-election, Harry was able to stand as the sole Liberal candidate but there was a Unionist candidate and Henderson was able to increase the Labour majority.
In 1923 Harry stood at Tynemouth where he came a close second to the Conservative. He held on to second place there by 2 votes in 1924.
Harry was also a Progressive alderman in London in the 1920s
In 1928 Harry contested Halifax at a by-election but came second to Labour.
In the 1930s he joined Labour and was briefly a London councillor for them and chair of the LCC Town Planning Committee.
Harry published a number of long winded books on social questions.
He died in 1935 aged 64.
No comments:
Post a Comment