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Charles Williams
Portrait by Hay Wrightson, 1948
Member of Parliament
for Torquay
In office
1924–1955
Preceded byP. Gilchrist Thompson
Succeeded bySir Frederic Bennett
Member of Parliament
for Tavistock
In office
1918–1922
Preceded bySir John Spear
Succeeded byMaxwell Thornton
Personal details
Born(1886-04-21)21 April 1886
Died28 October 1955(1955-10-28) (aged 69)
Political partyConservative

Charles Williams (21 April 1886 – 28 October 1955) was a Conservative Party politician in England. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for constituencies in Devon from 1918 to 1922, and from 1924 to 1955.

He was elected to the House of Commons on his first attempt, as a Coalition Conservative candidate for the Tavistock constituency at the 1918 general election, defeating his Liberal Party opponent with a majority of 13% of the votes. However, at the 1922 general election, the Liberal took the seat on a swing of over 10%.

At the 1923 election, he stood in Torquay, where he lost narrowly to the Liberal candidate. He won the seat at the 1924 general election, and represented Torquay in Parliament for 31 years, until his death aged 69, a few months after being returned for the ninth time at the 1955 election.

References

  1. Craig, F. W. S. (1983) . British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 330. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  2. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) . British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 332. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  3. "UK General Election results May 1955". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Retrieved 28 March 2009.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded bySir John Spear Member of Parliament for Tavistock
1918–1922 		Succeeded byMaxwell Thornton
Preceded byP. Gilchrist Thompson Member of Parliament for Torquay
1924–1955 		Succeeded bySir Frederic Bennett


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