Tuesday, 27 November 2018
2103 Sidney Peters
Constituency : Huntingdonshire 1929-45 ( from 1931 Liberal National )
Sidney took Huntingdonshire from the Tories despite the intervention of a Labour candidate.
Sidney was born in Cambridge. He was educated there and at Dublin University. He became a solicitor and worked at the Department for Civil Supplies during World War One as a legal adviser.
Sidney joined the Liberal Nationals in 1931 and crushed Labour at the election. He became PPS to the Minister of Mines. He retained his seat with a large majority in 1935. He was PPS to the Minister of Labour up to 1940.
Sidney stood down in 1945.
He died in 1976 aged 90.
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