Frank Harold Hayman (12 December 1894 – 4 February 1966) was a British
Labour Party politician born in
Redruth, Cornwall.
He joined the staff of
Cornwall County Council
Cornwall County Council ( kw, Konteth Konsel Kernow) was the county council of the non-metropolitan county of Cornwall in south west England. It came into its powers on 1 April 1889 and was abolished on 1 April 2009.
History
Cornwall County Counc ...
in 1913, working as a clerk, and became a District Education Officer for
Redruth in 1920. From 1928 onwards he held various offices in the
National Association of Local Government Officers
The National and Local Government Officers' Association was a British trade union representing mostly local government "white collar" workers. It was formed in 1905 as the National Association of Local Government Officers, and changed its full ...
, and after the War contested the constituency of
Camborne for the Labour Party, but was defeated. He was a member of various overseas parliamentary delegations and of the Court of Referees for Private Bills; from November 1959 to December 1963 he was
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the
Leader of the Opposition,
Hugh Gaitskell.
He was first elected to the
British House of Commons at the
1950 general election as
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 o ...
for
Falmouth and Camborne. He was re-elected in this 3-way marginal constituency at three further general elections, before his death in 1966 at the age of 71. No by-election was held, because the
1966 general election was held only 8 weeks later, on 31 March, when the seat was held for Labour by
John Dunwoody
John Elliot Orr Dunwoody CBE (3 June 1929 – 26 January 2006) was a British Labour politician.
Dunwoody was educated at St Paul's School, then trained as a doctor at King's College London, and Westminster Hospital Medical School. A surgeon, ...
.
References
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*"HAYMAN, Frank Harold (b.
Redruth, Cornwall 12 December 1894 - d. 4 February 1966)" (2005), in: ''Who Was Who 1897-2005''
1894 births
1966 deaths
Politicians from Cornwall
Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Cornwall
UK MPs 1950–1951
UK MPs 1951–1955
UK MPs 1955–1959
UK MPs 1959–1964
UK MPs 1964–1966
Local government officers in England
Place of birth missing
Place of death missing
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