Sir Rudolph Dymoke White, 2nd Baronet, DL (11 June 1888 – 25 May 1968) was a Conservative Party politician in England who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Fareham in Hampshire from 1939 to 1950.
He was elected unopposed at a by-election in 1939, after the sitting MP Thomas Inskip was elevated to peerage as Viscount Caldecote.
Fareham had been a safe Conservative seat since the constituency was established in 1885, with a Conservative returned unopposed as recently as 1931, and where contested elections had produced huge Conservative majorities (the Tories' 30% majority in 1939 was a lowpoint by Fareham standards). However at the 1945 general election, which the Labour Party won in a landslide, White's majority in Fareham was cut to only 5% of the votes.
The Fareham constituency was abolished in boundary changes for the 1950 general election, and White did not contest the new Gosport and Fareham constituency.
References
- "Baronetcies beginning with "W" (part 2)". Leigh Rayment's Baronetage pages. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 20 April 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) . British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 365. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- "UK General Election results February 1950". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
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| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded byThomas Inskip | Member of Parliament for Fareham 1939 – 1950 |
Constituency abolished |
| Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded byWoolmer Rudolph Donati White | Baronet (of Salle Park, Norfolk) 1931–1968 |
Succeeded byHeadley Dymoke White |
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