Joseph Andrews (British politician)

Joseph Ormond Andrews (1873 – 26 January 1909)^[1] was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Andrews was educated at the Ripon Cathedral Choir School.^{[citation needed]}

A barrister by profession, Andrews was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1898 and practised on the North Eastern circuit. A Freemason, he was a member of the Zetland Lodge in Leeds. A keen sportsman, he was a follower of the Bramham Moor Hounds, and ran horses at the Wetherby Steeplechase.

Andrews was elected as

Member of Parliament (MP) for Barkston Ash at a by-election in October 1905 following the death of Sir Robert Gunter, defeating the Conservative candidate George Lane-Fox by 228 votes. The seat had never been won by the Liberals before.^[2]

However, as Parliament was not sitting at the time, Andrews was unable to take his seat.

Andrews lost the seat only three months later at the

House of Commons

. Andrews thus became one of the shortest-serving Members of Parliament, and one of only a handful never to take their seats.

Andrews died, in 1909, at Boston Spa, Leeds. after two operations for appendicitis. He was 36 years old and left a widow and two children.^{[citation needed]}

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Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Joseph Andrews

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Robert Gunter	Member of Parliament for Barkston Ash 1905–1906	Succeeded by George Lane-Fox

[1] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1)

[craig1885-1918-2] 
ISBN 0-900178-27-2
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