Frederick Laverack
Frederick Joseph Laverack (1871 – 11 April 1928) was an English
Family and education
Frederick Joseph Laverack was born in Leeds, the younger son of George Laverack, grocer and tea merchant, and Elizabeth Turner. He was educated at St George's School, Leeds. Ranmoor College, Sheffield[1] and privately. He studied the law but did not pursue it as a profession. Laverack married Rose Roberts from Leeds and they had a son and two daughters.[2]
Career
Laverack qualified as a minister with the
Politics
Anti Waste League
The
1922-1924
Laverack was selected as Liberal candidate at the 1922 general election for the Brixton Division of Lambeth. The Anti-Waste League endorsed his candidacy [11] but Laverack could not dislodge the sitting Conservative MP Sir Davison Dalziel. He fought Dalziel again at the 1923 general election and was this time successful. In a straight fight he won Brixton by a majority of 1,405 votes. This position was reversed however at the 1924 general election when Laverack faced Labour as well as Tory opponents. Dalziel was re-elected and Laverack dropped to the foot of the poll behind Labour.[12]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist
|
Sir Davison Alexander Dalziel | 11,284 | 54.8 | -6.5 | |
Liberal | Frederick Joseph Laverack | 9,316 | 45.2 | +29.1 | |
Majority | 1,968 | 9.6 | -29.1 | ||
Turnout | 39,004 | 52.8 | +10.0 | ||
Unionist hold
|
Swing | -17.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frederick Joseph Laverack | 10,881 | 53.5 | +8.3 | |
Unionist
|
Sir Davison Alexander Dalziel | 9,476 | 46.5 | -8.3 | |
Majority | 1,405 | 7.0 | 16.6 | ||
Turnout | 39,189 | 51.9 | -0.9 | ||
Unionist
|
Swing | +8.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist
|
Sir Davison Alexander Dalziel | 15,755 | 56.6 | ||
Labour | James Adams | 7,210 | 25.9 | ||
Liberal | Frederick Joseph Laverack | 4,871 | 17.5 | ||
Majority | 8,545 | 30.7 | |||
Turnout | 40,134 | 69.4 | |||
Unionist gain from Liberal
|
Swing | +18.9 |
Brixton by-election, 1927
In 1927 Dalziel was given a peerage and this caused a by-election in Brixton. Laverack was re-selected as Liberal candidate and there again faced a three-cornered contest against Conservative and Labour opponents. The by-election was held on 27 June 1927 and the Conservatives easily retained the seat with 48% of the poll. Lavarack was again in third place behind Labour. This was to prove his last attempt to re-enter Parliament.[16]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist
|
Nigel Claudian Dalziel Colman
|
10,358 | 48.1 | ||
Labour | James Adams | 6,032 | 28.0 | ||
Liberal | Frederick Joseph Laverack | 5,134 | 23.9 | ||
Majority | 4,326 | 20.1 | |||
Turnout | 39,953 | 53.9 | |||
Unionist hold
|
Swing | -5.3 |
Death
Laverack died from
Publications
- 1902: Life’s Asides. London: Arthur H. Stockwell
- 1905: These Sayings of Mine: A Manual on the Beatitudes for Christian People. London: A. Brown & Sons
References
- ^ The Liberal Year Book; Liberal Publication Dept., 1924
- ^ Who was Who, OUP, 2007
- ^ The Times, 15 April 1907 p8
- ^ The Times, 13 April 1928 p6
- ^ The Times, 23 March 1922 P9
- ^ Who was Who, OUP 2007
- ^ The Times, 7 November 1922 p14
- ^ The Times, 28 July 1924 p9
- ^ The Times, 25 July 1921 p15
- ^ Chris Cook, Sources in British Political History, 1900-1951, Volume 1; Macmillan 1975 p11
- ^ The Times, 31 October 1922 p7
- ^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow, 1949 p33
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow, 1949 p33
- ^ The Times, 13 April 1928 p6