Horace Evelyn Crawfurd (13 January 1881 – 14 March 1958) was a

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politician in the

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Professional career

Crawfurd was a lecturer at Liverpool University. In 1930, Elinor Glyn Ltd employed Crawfurd to undertake the publicity campaign for two movies: ''Knowing Men'' (1930), which experimented with a new colour process, and ''The Price of Things'' (1931). Crawfurd also worked with the author Elinor Glyn on her own personal publicity.

Political career

In 1913, Crawfurd was selected as the Liberal candidate for

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for a general election expected to take place in 1914 or 1915. However, the election was postponed due to the

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. He became a Flight Sub-Lieutenant in the

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and was stationed in the Far East. He continued to nurse the Southport constituency while on leave in anticipation of being selected as the candidate when the election was finally held. However, the

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MP for Southport, received endorsement from the Coalition Prime Minister

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, so the Southport Liberals decided not to run a candidate against him. He unsuccessfully contested the

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constituency at the 1922 and 1923 general elections, before winning the seat at the 1924 general election, narrowly defeating the sitting Labour MP Valentine McEntee. During the 1924-29 parliament which was dominated by a Conservative majority, Crawfurd worked closely with a group of radical Liberal MPs that included: William Wedgwood Benn, Percy Harris,

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and Frank Briant to provide opposition to the government. However, McEntee regained the seat at the 1929 general election. He stood again at the Islington East by-election in February 1931, where he finished in fourth place. He stood for election for the last time at the 1935 general election, when he finished last out of the three candidates in Leicester West. He did not stand for Parliament again.British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1973, FWS Craig

Electoral record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Crawfurd, Horace Evelyn 1881 births 1958 deaths Alumni of the University of Liverpool Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1924–1929