Wednesday, 17 October 2018
2061 Frederick Laverack
Constituency : Brixton 1923-4
Frederick took Brixton from the Tories at the second attempt in a straight fight.
Frederick was a grocer's son from Leeds. He was educated in Yorkshire and became a Congregationalist minister. From 1916 he started working for charities concerned with the blind as a seaker and fundraiser. He was also a temperance campaigner. In 1921 he joined the Anti-Waste League and was slated to fight St Pancras North for them. When the AWL decided to throw in their lot with the Tories, Frederick joined the Liberals. In 1922 he came fairly close in a straight fight.
In 1924 Labour contested the seat and Frederick was pushed into a distant third place. In 1927 he fought the seat again in a by-election and while he increased his vote he remained in third place.
He died in 1928 from heart disease aged 56.
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