Sir Fredric Wise (1871 – 26 January 1928) was a British politician who served as the Conservative and Unionist

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

for Ilford in

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after winning the 1920 Ilford by-election. Wise served until his death in 1928, when he was succeeded in another

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by George Hamilton.

Political career

Wise ran for parliament in 1920 in a

, which was triggered after the death of the

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Sir William Peter Griggs. He was elected with a majority of the votes cast. Wise was re-elected in the general elections of

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, 1923 and

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. Wise died in 1928.

Electoral history

1920 by-election

1922 general election

1923 general election

1924 general election

References

1871 births 1928 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1918–1922 UK MPs 1922–1923 UK MPs 1923–1924 UK MPs 1924–1929 People from Ilford {{Conservative-UK-MP-1870s-stub