Saturday, 23 June 2018
1948 Henry Fildes
Constituency : Stockport 1920-23, Dumfriesshire 1935-45 ( Liberal National )
Henry was elected as a Coalition Liberal after the death of Spencer Hughes. The Coalition Labour MP George Wardle resigned ar the same time so it was a double by-election and Henry came in second behind a Unionist.
In 1922 the Coalition held in Stockport and Henry just polled ahead of his Unionist running mate. In 1923 both the Tories and Liberals fielded two candidates and Henry came in fourth while his colleague Charles Royle was elected. A letter he received that year described him as a "Debucher" of Liberalism. In 1925 he contested the by-election when the Tory died coming third in a tight three-way contest. He stayed in third place in 1929. In 1931 Henry favoured the Liberal Nationals and dropped out of the contest at Stockport.
Henry was knighted in 1932.
Henry succeeded Joseph Hunter at Dumfriesshire in a by-election in 1935. He easily held the seat in the general election that year.
In 1940 Henry spoke against the mass evacuation policy on behalf of the reception areas.
Henry stood down in 1945.
He died in 1948 aged 78.
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