Walter Guthrie
Encyclopedia
Walter Guthrie was a British
politician
. He was a Conservative
Member of Parliament
(MP) from 1899 to 1906.
MP Lionel Holland
in the Bow and Bromley
constituency. He left Parliament in the 1906 general election
and was succeeded by the Liberal Stopford Brooke
.
United Kingdom
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politician
Politician
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. He was a Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
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Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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(MP) from 1899 to 1906.
Biography
Guthrie was elected to the Commons in the 1899 Bow and Bromley by-election, defeating the Liberal candidate H. Spender by 2,123 votes and succeeding the ConservativeConservative 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 Lionel Holland
Lionel Holland
Lionel Raleigh Holland was a British politician, the youngest son of Henry Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford. He was elected as a Conservative Member of Parliament for Bow and Bromley in 1895. He resigned in 1899 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.- External links :...
in the Bow and Bromley
Bow and Bromley (UK Parliament constituency)
Bow and Bromley was a constituency in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Located in the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar in London, it was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act for the 1885 general election and returned one Member of Parliament until it was abolished by the 1950 general...
constituency. He left Parliament in the 1906 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1906
-Seats summary:-See also:*MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1906*The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:***-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**...
and was succeeded by the Liberal Stopford Brooke
Stopford Brooke (politician)
Stopford William Wentworth Brooke was a British politician. He was a Liberal Member of Parliament from 1906 to 1910.-Biography:...
.