Clement Higgins (c. 1844 – 4 December 1916) was a British
Liberal Party
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politician who served as
Member of Parliament for
Mid Norfolk
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in the
25th Parliament between 1892 and 1895.
Higgins was first elected at the
1892 general election.
In February 1895 he joined the
Liberal Unionist Party
The Liberal Unionist Party was a British political party that was formed in 1886 by a faction that broke away from the Liberal Party. Led by Lord Hartington (later the Duke of Devonshire) and Joseph Chamberlain, the party established a political ...
, and resigned his seat in the House of Commons on 3 April 1895.
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Clement Higginson
Hansard
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1840s births
1916 deaths
UK MPs 1892–1895
Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Politicians from Norfolk
Date of birth missing
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