Monday, 2 July 2018
1957 Charles Loseby
Constituency : Bradford East 1918-22 ( National Democratic Party ) , 1922
Charles was a barrister and then teacher before joining up in World War One. He became a captain and was gassed at Ypres in 1915. He joined the NDP and unseated the Liberal, William Priestley at Bradford East.
Many of Charles's parliamentary contributions were on behalf of the armed forces.
The local Liberals were unforgiving and put up their own candidate in 1922 who came third but ensured Charles's defeat to Labour.
In 1924 Charles followed Churchill's lead and contested Nottingham West as a Constitutionalist. He got a respectable vote but lost out to Labour in a straight fight. By 1929 he had joined the Tories and stood again, coming third.
Charles later emigrated to Hong Kong and became chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association in 1953 and the first chairman of the Reform Club of Hong Kong.
He died in 1970 aged 89.
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