Frank Harold Hayman (12 December 1894 – 4 February 1966) was a British Labour Party politician born in

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, Cornwall. He joined the staff of

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in 1913, working as a clerk, and became a District Education Officer for

in 1920. From 1928 onwards he held various offices in the

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, and after the War contested the constituency of

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for the Labour Party, but was defeated. He was a member of various overseas parliamentary delegations and of the Court of Referees for Private Bills; from November 1959 to December 1963 he was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the

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. He was first elected to the

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at the 1950 general election as Member of Parliament for

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. He was re-elected in this 3-way marginal constituency at three further general elections, before his death in 1966 at the age of 71. No by-election was held, because the 1966 general election was held only 8 weeks later, on 31 March, when the seat was held for Labour by

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References

* *"HAYMAN, Frank Harold (b.

, Cornwall 12 December 1894 - d. 4 February 1966)" (2005), in: ''Who Was Who 1897-2005'' 1894 births 1966 deaths Politicians from Cornwall Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Cornwall UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs 1964–1966 Local government officers in England Place of birth missing Place of death missing {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub