Arthur George Hooper (30 January 1857 – 28 April 1940) was a British

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politician.

Background

Hooper was a son of George Freeman Hooper and Sarah Pitt. He married Fanny Shillito of Birmingham.Who Was Who He was a Congregationalist.Black Country History He played cricket for Dudley Cricket Club from 1888 to 1892.

Career

He first was a partner in the firm of Dudley-based solicitors, Hooper & Fairbairn, then serving on

Dudley Dudley is a large market town and administrative centre in the county of West Midlands, England, southeast of Wolverhampton and northwest of Birmingham. Historically an exclave of Worcestershire, the town is the administrative centre of the ...

Town Council. He sat as Liberal MP for

from 1906 to 1910. He first stood for parliament at the 1906 General Election when he gained Dudley from the Conservatives. When he stood for re-election at the January 1910 General Election, he held his seat. However, at the December 1910 General Election, he was defeated by the Conservatives.British parliamentary election results 1885-1918, Craig, F. W. S.

External links

*Photograph at the National Portrait Gallery; http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portraitLarge/mw119162/Arthur-George-Hooper?LinkID=mp85097&search=sas&sText=Arthur+George+Hooper&role=sit&rNo=0 *Who Was Who; http://www.ukwhoswho.com *His Papers at The National Archives; http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=145-8894&cid=-1#-1

Sources

*Who Was Who *British parliamentary election results 1885–1918, Craig, F. W. S. *Black Country History; http://blackcountryhistory.org

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hooper, Arthur George 1857 births 1940 deaths UK MPs 1906–1910 Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Politicians from Birmingham, West Midlands English Congregationalists People from Dudley