Tuesday, 4 September 2018
2019 Victor Finney
Constituency : Hexham 1923-4
Victor took Hexham from the Tories in a straight fight.
Victor was from Sunderland. He was educated at Durham University. He worked in the film industry for Rank. He contested Hexham in 1922, coming second.
In 1924 , Labour re-entered the fray and Victor lost his seat to the Tories.
In 1935, Victor strongly backed Lloyd George's Council of Action for Peace and Reconstruction calling for New Deal-style policies. He became its organising secretary. He was a regular visitor to Lloyd George but failed to persuade him to fully commit himself to the Council. Lloyd George suspected him of having an affair with his mistress Frances Stevenson.
In 1945 he became a senior executive at Rank. He retired in 1966.
He died in 1970 aged 72.
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