Roland Hamilton (23 November 1886 – 10 February 1953) was a
Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.
In the Labour landslide at the
1945 general election, he was elected as
member of parliament (MP) for
Sudbury Sudbury may refer to:
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* Greater Sudbury, Ontario
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in
Suffolk
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, which had been held by the
Conservative
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Henry Burton Henry Burton may refer to:
* Henry Burton (Conservative politician) (1876–1947), British Conservative MP for Sudbury (1924–1945)
* Henry Burton (physician) (1799–1849), English physician
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since the
1924 election.
The Sudbury constituency was abolished for the
1950 general election, when Hamilton stood in the new
Sudbury and Woodbridge
Sudbury and Woodbridge was a county constituency centred on the towns of Sudbury and Woodbridge in Suffolk. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
History
The constituency w ...
constituency. He lost by over 4,500 votes to the Conservative
John Hare, who had previously been MP for the also-abolished
Woodbridge constituency.
References
UK General Election results February 1950*
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External links
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1886 births
1955 deaths
Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1945–1950
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