Arthur Neal (23 September 1862 – 29 January 1933) was a

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. Born in

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, Neal attended Wesley College before becoming a

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. He was also the President of Sheffield's

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Political career

Neal was elected to Sheffield City Council as a Liberal in 1903, holding a seat until 1921. He stood for Parliament in Sheffield Hallam at both the

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and December 1910 UK general elections. At the 1918 election, he won the new constituency of Sheffield Hillsborough as a supporter of the Lloyd George Coalition. In October 1919 he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Paymaster-General. After hearing Neal speak in the House of Commons, Prime Minister

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appointed Neal as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, at that time he had been in the House less than 12 months.Riddell, George (1934), ''Lord Riddell's Intimate Diary of the Peace Conference and After'', Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, pg 149. In

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, Neal lost his seat, and in

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and

1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20–January 30, 30 – Kuomintang in Ch ...

, he instead stood in Bassetlaw, before trying Gainsborough in

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Electoral record

References

*Michael Stenton and Stephen Lees, ''Who's Who of British MPs: Volume III, 1919-1945''

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Neal, Arthur 1862 births 1933 deaths Politicians from Sheffield Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1918–1922 People educated at Wesley College, Sheffield National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) politicians