UK Elections Info

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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 9 May 1896

Died: 3 June 1968

1st Baronet - 15 August 1941

Member of Privy Council - 1940

Minister for Economic Warfare	1939	1941
Minister of Shipping	1940	1941

27 October 1931	Rossendale	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,206	40.08
14 November 1935	Rossendale	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,650	39.36
5 July 1945	Rossendale	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,153	28.13
23 February 1950	Ormskirk	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,654	66.27
3 February 1951 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Ronald Cross, Bt on appointment as the Governor of Tasmania.