Tuesday, 14 August 2018
1997 Garnham Edmonds
Constituency : Bethnal Green North East 1922-23
Garnham took Bethnal Green North East as Sir Edwin Cornwall stepped down. The National Liberals put up their own candidate but he came a poor fourth. Garnham won by 115 votes over a Communist candidate
Garnham was a local butcher and councillor. He was Mayor of the borough in 1907. In 1910 he was elected to the L.C.C.
Garnhan's parliamentary contributions were mainly questions relating to his trade.
Garnham was defeated by the same candidate now standing for Labour in 1923.
He died in 1946 aged 81.
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