Joseph Hunter (24 December 1875 – 24 July 1935) was a politician in the

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, and

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(MP) from 1929 until his death. In 1927 he had taken up a new post as Director of the Liberal Campaign Department centrally, a pivotal position during the run-up to the 1929 general election campaign when he was one of the party's national organisers. At the 1929 general election, in his first parliamentary candidacy, he stood as the Liberal Party candidate for Dumfriesshire, winning the seat from the Conservative MP John Charteris. Hunter was re-elected in

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as a Liberal, but when the party split later that year over participation in the Conservative-dominated

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, he joined the breakaway Liberal National Party. Hunter died in office in July 1935, aged 59.

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* 1875 births 1935 deaths Scottish Liberal Party MPs National Liberal Party (UK, 1931) politicians UK MPs 1929–1931 UK MPs 1931–1935 {{Scotland-Liberal-UK-MP-stub