Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre
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Oliver Eyre Crosthwaite-Eyre (14 October 1913 – 3 February 1978) was a British
Conservative Party
politician. At the 1945 general election
was elected as Member of Parliament
for the New Forest and Christchurch
constituency, and was re-elected in 1950
for the new New Forest
constituency. He held the seat until his resignation from the House of Commons
in 1968.
United Kingdom
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Conservative Party
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...
politician. At the 1945 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1945
The United Kingdom general election of 1945 was a general election held on 5 July 1945, with polls in some constituencies delayed until 12 July and in Nelson and Colne until 19 July, due to local wakes weeks. The results were counted and declared on 26 July, due in part to the time it took to...
was elected as Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for the New Forest and Christchurch
New Forest and Christchurch (UK Parliament constituency)
New Forest and Christchurch was a county constituency in Hampshire which elected one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...
constituency, and was re-elected in 1950
United Kingdom general election, 1950
The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. Despite polling over one and a half million votes more than the Conservatives, the election, held on 23 February 1950 resulted in Labour receiving a slim majority of just five...
for the new New Forest
New Forest (UK Parliament constituency)
New Forest was a county constituency in Hampshire which elected one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
constituency. He held the seat until his resignation from the House of Commons
Resignation from the British House of Commons
Members of Parliament sitting in the House of Commons in the United Kingdom are technically forbidden to resign. To circumvent this prohibition, a legal fiction is used...
in 1968.