Noel Goldie

Noel Goldie
Born	26 December 1882
Died	4 June 1964
Occupation	Politician
Political party	Conservative Party

Sir Noel Barré Goldie (26 December 1882 – 4 June 1964^[1]) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1931 to 1945.

Parliamentary career

At the 1929 general election, Goldie stood as the Conservative candidate for the borough of Warrington in Lancashire, defending the seat vacated by Alec Cunningham-Reid, who was standing instead in Southampton. However, in a three-way contest, Goldie was defeated by Charles Dukes, the borough's former Labour Party MP who regained the seat with over 50% of the votes.^[2]

At the next general election, in 1931, the governing Labour Party was split, and its leader Ramsay Macdonald (Prime Minister since 1929) having broken with his party to form a First National Government 1931 with Conservative support. Labour lost most of its seats, including Warrington, where Goldie took 56.2% of the votes in a two-contest with Dukes.^[2]

Goldie was returned again to the House of Commons at the 1935 general election, and held the seat until his defeat in the Labour landslide at the 1945 general election.^[2] He was the last Conservative MP for the Warrington constituency, which thereafter returned Labour MPs until its abolition in 1983.

He was knighted in the King's Birthday Honours in June 1945.^[3]

References

1. "Historical list of MPs: House of Commons constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
2. Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 267. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
3. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 37119. p. 2934. 3 August 1918. Retrieved 2009-11-21.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Noel Goldie