Albert Green (3 November 1874 – 25 September 1941) was a British Conservative Party politician. At the 1918 general election he was elected as a

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(MP) for

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, winning the second of the city's two seats. He had a narrow margin of only 2.2% of the votes over his

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opponent W.B. Rowbotham, and at the next general election, in 1922, he was defeated by the Liberal candidate Charles Henry Roberts. After losing his seat, Green did not stand for

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again. He also served as

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and founded Albert Green Ltd, a textile manufacturers based in

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* 1874 births 1941 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1918–1922 Mayors of Derby {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1870s-stub