George Knox Anderson
JP (1854 – 19 March 1941) was briefly the
Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for
Canterbury.
Career
In April 1912, he was appointed a
deputy lieutenant of
Kent.
He was also a
Justice of the peace
A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...
for North
Aylesford
Aylesford is a village and civil parish on the River Medway in Kent, England, northwest of Maidstone.
Originally a small riverside settlement, the old village comprises around 60 houses, many of which were formerly shops. Two pubs, a village s ...
. Professionally, he was the Director of the Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers, Ltd.
Anderson was elected unopposed in August 1918 to succeed
Francis Bennett-Goldney, who was killed in a motoring accident while in France a month prior. Anderson was seen a temporary replacement until the following General Election, as he was approved by the two feuding Conservative groups in Canterbury.
He retired at the dissolution three months later, becoming one of the shortest serving MPs on record. He never made a speech or asked a question, although he voted in 12 divisions.
For more than twenty years he was Honorary Treasurer of Canterbury
Diocesan Board of Finance.
[ He was also involved in the church in a variety of roles, including as a lay reader, Church Councillor and a Churchwarden.][
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Death
Anderson died at Canterbury on 26 March 1941,[
]
See also
* List of United Kingdom MPs with the shortest service
References
External links
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1854 births
1941 deaths
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1910–1918
Deputy Lieutenants of Kent
Politics of Canterbury
Anglican lay readers
People from Aylesford