James Lovat-Fraser

James Alexander Lovat-Fraser (16 March 1868 – 18 March 1938)^[1] was a British Labour Party and then National Labour politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1929 to 1938.

He unsuccessfully contested Llandaff and Barry at the 1922 general election,^[2] and Bristol Central at the 1924 general election.^[3] He was elected at the 1929 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Lichfield division of Staffordshire.^[4] When the Labour Party split in 1931 over the budget, Lovat-Fraser was one of the minority of Labour MPs who supported the Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald in forming a National Government with Conservative Party support.^[5] He was re-elected as a National Labour candidate in 1931^[6] and in 1935^[7] and held the seat until his death in March 1938, aged 70.^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)^{[self-published source]}^{[better source needed]}
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↑ Craig, p. 105
↑ The London Gazette: no. 33508. p. 4114. 21 June 1929. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
↑ Craig, p. 464
↑ The London Gazette: no. 33769. p. 7144. 6 November 1931. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
↑ The London Gazette: no. 34223. p. 7504. 26 November 1935. Retrieved 12 February 2011.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Roderick Roy Wilson	Member of Parliament for Lichfield 1929 – 1938	Succeeded by Cecil Charles Poole

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