James Parker,
CH (1863 – 11 February 1948)
was a British
Labour Party politician.
He was elected as
Member of Parliament (MP) for
Halifax at the
1906 general election
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, and held the seat until the town's representation was reduced to one seat at the
1918 general election.
He did not stand again in Halifax, but instead stood in the
Cannock division of Staffordshire, as a
Coalition Labour candidate (i.e. a holder of the
coalition coupon, supporting the
Lloyd George's coalition government). He won the seat, but lost it, standing as a
National Liberal at the
1922 general election.
Parker was made a
Companion of Honour
The Order of the Companions of Honour is an order of the Commonwealth realms. It was founded on 4 June 1917 by King George V as a reward for outstanding achievements. Founded on the same date as the Order of the British Empire, it is sometimes ...
by King
George V in 1918.
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1863 births
1948 deaths
Independent Labour Party National Administrative Committee members
Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1906–1910
UK MPs 1910
UK MPs 1910–1918
UK MPs 1918–1922
Coalition Labour MPs
National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) politicians
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