Constituency : Dartford 1922-23
George recaptured Dartford for the National Liberals from Labour after a by-election which they let the Conservatives contest in 1920. He defeated Labour by 1,918 votes. An Asquithian candidate did very badly.
George was an architect by trade but also the director of a printing and publishing company. He was one of the founders of the National Democratic Party and became its Chief Organiser in 1917. he received the coupon to contest Mansfield in 1918 but came second to Labour. He only had one arm.
George continued to support the idea of an anti-socialist coalition after 1922 and had the support of the local Unionist association. When the Liberal party reunited in 1923 he declined to join it and defended his seat as a Constitutionalist,, the first MP to do so. However, he was defeated by Labour in a straight fight.
George was appalled by the Liberals putting Labour in and formally joined the Conservatives in January 1924 though he stood as a Constitutionalist again at Edmonton in the 1924 election. He ran Labour fairly close.
After that, George joined the Conservatives and stood for them at East Ham North at a by-election in 1926. He failed to hold the seat. He returned to Edmonton for the 1929 election but failed to unseat Labour in a straight fight.
He died in 1960 aged 79.
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