Henry George McGhee (3 July 1898 – 6 February 1959) was a British Labour Party politician. He was educated in

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and

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and was a

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. He was elected at the 1935 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for

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in the

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and held the seat until his death in 1959 aged 60. During the late 1930s he was a member of the Parliamentary

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Group. In the late 1940s, he was treasurer of the Friends of Ireland.Bob Purdie, "The Friends of Ireland", in: Tom Gallagher, ''Contemporary Irish Studies'', pp.81-94 His successor at the

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following his death was

John Mendelson John Jakob Mendelson (6 July 1917 – 20 May 1978) was a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Penistone from 1959 until his death. Early life John Jakob Mendelson was born on 6 July 1917 in Płock, Poland, to a ...

. He was the son of Irish MP,

Richard McGhee Richard McGhee (1851 –7 April 1930) was an Irish Protestant Nationalist home rule politician. A Georgist Land League and trade union activist, he was a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain ...

References

* ''Times Guide to the House of Commons October 1974'' *

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* 1898 births 1959 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1935–1945 UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 Politics of Penistone {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub