Gilbert Gledhill was a Conservative Party

Conservative Party (UK)

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 politician in the United Kingdom

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, and a Member of Parliament

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 (MP) from 1931 to 1945.

He contested the 1929 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1929

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 in the West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

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 constituency of Halifax

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, but lost by over 7,000 votes to the Labour

Labour Party (UK)

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 incumbent Arthur Longbottom

Arthur Longbottom (politician)

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When the Labour Party split at the 1931 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1931

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 over Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald

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's formation of a National Government

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, Gledhill won the Halifax seat with a majority of over 20,000 votes. He represented the constituency until his defeat by Dryden Brook

Dryden Brook

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 in the Labour landslide at the 1945 general election

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In the 1934, he was appointed the first president of the British Sales Promotion Association, now known as the Institute of Sales Promotion

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