John Rumney Remer (2 July 1883 – 12 March 1948) was a British

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politician. He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for

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at the 1918 general election, and was re-elected at six further general elections. He resigned from Parliament on 6 November 1939 by appointment as

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. John Remer's papers are held by the John Rylands Library, Deansgate of the University of Manchester.

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* 1883 births 1948 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1918–1922 UK MPs 1922–1923 UK MPs 1923–1924 UK MPs 1924–1929 UK MPs 1929–1931 UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945 {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1880s-stub