Sir Dryden Brook (25 August 1884 – 30 January 1971) was a Labour Party politician in the

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, and a

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(MP) from 1945 to 1955. Brook was a wool merchant in Halifax. He served as a Labour Party member of Halifax Borough Council from 1940 until 1968. In the Labour landslide at the

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, Brook was elected as

(MP) for Halifax, unseating the

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MP Gilbert Gledhill with a majority of over 10,000 votes. He held the seat until the 1955 general election, when the Conservative

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won with a majority of 1,535. Alderman Brook was knighted in 1965.

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* 1884 births 1971 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 Knights Bachelor {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub