Alfred Roy Wise (7 July 1901 – 21 August 1974) was a British
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politician and was the Member of Parliament for the constituencies of
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and
Smethwick
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.
Biography
He was born on 7 July 1901 to Alfred Gascoyne Wise and Augusta Frances Nugent. His father was a judge for the
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, and his brother was
Percival Kinnear Wise.
He married Cassandra Coke and had one son, Group Captain
Adam Nugent Wise LVO MBE RAF, born 1943.
He was elected to the
House of Commons
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at the
1931 general election as
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(MP) for
Smethwick
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, holding the seat until his defeat in the
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landslide at the
1945 general election, when he contested
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, replacing the Conservative candidature of Prime Minister Winston Churchill who had transferred to the new seat of Woodford. He returned to the
House of Commons
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at the
1959 general election as MP for
Rugby
Rugby may refer to:
Sport
* Rugby football in many forms:
** Rugby league: 13 players per side
*** Masters Rugby League
*** Mod league
*** Rugby league nines
*** Rugby league sevens
*** Touch (sport)
*** Wheelchair rugby league
** Rugby union: 1 ...
, winning the seat from the sitting Labour MP
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with a majority of only 407.
Wise was re-elected at the
1964 election with a slightly increased majority of 1,689. However, at the
1966 general election he lost the seat to the Labour candidate,
William Price by a margin of only 409 votes.
Not updated: UK General Election results: March 1966
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He died on 21 August 1974.
Electoral history
References
External links
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1901 births
1974 deaths
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1959–1964
UK MPs 1964–1966
UK MPs 1931–1935
UK MPs 1935–1945
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