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William Morrison

Born: 10 August 1893

Died: 3 February 1961

1st Viscount Dunrossil - 12 November 1959

Member of Privy Council -

Parliamentary Secretary to the Attorney General	1931	1935
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	1935	1936
Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries	1936	1939
Minister of Food	1939	1940
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	29 January 1939	3 April 1940
Postmaster-General	1940	1943
Minister of Town and Country Planning	1943	1945
Speaker of the House of Commons	31 October 1951	19 September 1959

6 December 1923	Western Isles	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,158	36.89
29 October 1924	Western Isles	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,418	28.61
30 May 1929	Cirencester & Tewkesbury	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,584	55.64
27 October 1931	Cirencester & Tewkesbury	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,170	82.76
14 November 1935	Cirencester & Tewkesbury	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed
5 July 1945	Cirencester & Tewkesbury	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,490	48.06
23 February 1950	Cirencester & Tewkesbury	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,942	51.90
25 October 1951	Cirencester & Tewkesbury	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,978	59.51
31 October 1951 Rt Hon William Morrison elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
26 May 1955	Cirencester & Tewkesbury	Speaker of the House of Commons	25,372	67.18