Moss Turner-Samuels QC (19 October 1888 – 6 June 1957) was a Labour Party politician in the

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and barrister. He was elected to the

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at the 1923 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for the

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constituency, but lost his seat the following year in the 1924 election to the

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candidate,

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. He was returned to Parliament twenty years later, in the Labour landslide at the 1945 general election, defeating the long-serving Conservative Leslie Boyce in

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.Craig, op. cit., page 137 He was re-elected at the next three general elections, but died in office at

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in 1957, aged 68. At the subsequent by-election, his seat was retained for Labour by Jack Diamond.

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* 1888 births 1957 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1923–1924 UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 Members of Parliament for Gloucester Jewish British politicians {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub