Joseph Hunter (UK politician)
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Dr Joseph Hunter was a politician in the United Kingdom
, and Member of Parliament
(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 1931
as a Liberal, but when the party split later that year over participation in the Conservative-dominated National Government, he joined the breakaway Liberal National Party
.
Hunter died in office in July 1935, aged 59.
United Kingdom
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, and Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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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
United Kingdom general election, 1929
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, in his first parliamentary candidacy, he stood as the Liberal Party
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
candidate for Dumfriesshire
Dumfriesshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Dumfriesshire was a county constituency represented in the of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 2005. It was known as Dumfries from 1950...
, winning the seat from the Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
MP John Charteris
John Charteris
Brigadier General John Charteris CMG, DSO was a British general during the First World War. He was Sir Douglas Haig's Chief of British Army Intelligence Officer at the British Expeditionary Force's headquarters from 1915 to 1918....
. Hunter was re-elected in 1931
United Kingdom general election, 1931
The United Kingdom general election on Tuesday 27 October 1931 was the last in the United Kingdom not held on a Thursday. It was also the last election, and the only one under universal suffrage, where one party received an absolute majority of the votes cast.The 1931 general election was the...
as a Liberal, but when the party split later that year over participation in the Conservative-dominated National Government, he joined the breakaway Liberal National Party
National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)
The National Liberal Party, known until 1948 as the Liberal National Party, was a liberal political party in the United Kingdom from 1931 to 1968...
.
Hunter died in office in July 1935, aged 59.