Edward Porter (28 July 1880 – 31 August 1960) was a British
Labour Party politician and socialite.
Porter was elected at the
1945 general election
The following elections occurred in the year 1945.
Africa
* 1945 South-West African legislative election
Asia
* 1945 Indian general election
Australia
* 1945 Fremantle by-election
Europe
* 1945 Albanian parliamentary election
* 1945 Bulgaria ...
as
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Warrington
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in
Lancashire
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The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
. The Constituency had changed hands between Labour and the
Conservatives in the 1920s, but had been held since
1931
Events
January
* January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics.
* January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa.
* January 22 – Sir I ...
by the Conservative
Noel Goldie
Sir Noel Barré Goldie KC (26 December 1882 – 4 June 1964) was a British judge and Conservative Party politician.
He was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Cambridge, qualifying Bachelor of Law in 1905.
Judicial career
He worked i ...
. Porter won the seat with 63% of the votes, but sat in the
House of Commons only until the
1950 general election, when he did not stand again.
References
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1880 births
1960 deaths
GMB (trade union)-sponsored MPs
Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1945–1950
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