George Pearce Blizard (1870 – 1947) was a
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politician. A frequent candidate for office, he never won an election, but did serve a term on
London County Council
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as an alderman.
Born in
Stow-on-the-Wold
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in
Gloucestershire
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, Blizard was educated in
Cheltenham
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and
Clevedon
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, before finding work at the headquarters of the
London and Country Bank, then in 1900 he began working for the
Scottish Equitable
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, and then Star Life in Ireland. From 1922, he was assistant registrar of the
Dental Board, while later in the decade he worked for various syndicates promoting
motorway
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construction.
Blizard became active in the
Fabian Society
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, serving on its committee on a couple of occasions in the 1910s. He was also active in the Fabian Research Group, and revised the society's "Facts for Socialists" tract.
He later became active in the
Socialist Health Association
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, and was secretary to a committee which produced ''A Socialised Medical Service''.
At the
1913 London County Council election, Blizard stood as a
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candidate in Whitechapel, but was not elected. He soon joined the
Labour Party, for which he stood in
Wandsworth Central at the
1918
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1923 United Kingdom general election
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s, and also in the
1919
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* January 1
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and
1922 London County Council elections. He next stood in
Birmingham Moseley at the
1924 United Kingdom general election
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,
Gillingham at the
1929 United Kingdom general election
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, and
Thornbury in
1931
Events
January
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* January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa.
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, then
Kensington North at the 1934 London County Council election.
Following the 1934 election, Labour won control of London County Council, and Blizard was appointed as an
alderman
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, serving until 1946.
References
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1870 births
1947 deaths
Labour Party (UK) councillors
Labour Party (UK) parliamentary candidates
Members of the Fabian Society
Members of London County Council
People from Stow-on-the-Wold