John Edgar Harvey (4 April 1920 – 13 January 2008) was a British

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politician.

Early life

Harvey was born in

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. He attended Xavierian College in

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and Lyme Regis Grammar School. During the

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, he served in the Merchant Navy.

Parliamentary career

He was elected at the 1955 general election as

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(MP) for Walthamstow East, retaining the seat with a majority of 1,129 over the sitting

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Harry Wallace Harry Wright Wallace (11 September 1885 – 30 April 1973) was a British Labour Party politician. He was Assistant Secretary of the Union of Post Office Workers. At the 1924 general election, he was unsuccessful Labour candidate at Bury in ...

. Harvey held his seat at the next two general elections, until his defeat at the 1966 election by Labour's William Robinson.

After politics

After losing his seat in 1966, he left politics to concentrate on his business career. He was a director and deputy chairman of Burmah Castrol Europe until his retirement. Harvey lived in

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, and was a

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. He was appointed

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in the

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for political and public service. Harvey should not be confused with

John Harvey-Jones Sir John Harvey-Jones MBE (16 April 1924 – 9 January 2008) was an English businessman. He was the chairman of Imperial Chemical Industries from 1982 to 1987. He was best known by the public for his BBC television show, '' Troubleshooter' ...

, former chairman of ICI who died in the same week.

References

UK General Elections since 1832
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Obituary
''The Independent'', 17 January 2008
Obituary in ''The Times'', 30 January 2008

External links

* 1920 births 2008 deaths People from Loughton Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs 1964–1966 Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Burmah-Castrol {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1920s-stub