Albert William Goodman (1880 – 22 August 1937) was a

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politician in the

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. At the 1929 general election, he unsuccessfully contested the safe

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seat of Bow and Bromley in east London, losing to the incumbent

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by a wide margin. As Labour's vote collapsed at the 1931 general election, he won the

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from the constituency's Labour

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(MP) Robert Young, who had gained it from the Conservatives in 1929. Goodman held his seat at the 1935 election, and died in 1937, aged 57 (the first of three 20th-century MPs from that constituency to die in office). At the following by-election, the Labour candidate, Leslie Haden Guest, won the seat for his party.

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* 1880 births 1937 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945 {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1880s-stub