Joseph Frederick Green
Joseph Frederick Green (5 July 1855 – 1 May 1932)
Green worked as a
In the 1900s, Green joined the
Standing as a candidate of the NDP, with support of the Liberal-led and Conservative-dominated coalition government, Green contested the newly created Leicester West constituency at the 1918 general election. His only opponent was the Labour Party candidate Ramsay MacDonald, a sitting MP for the two-seat Leicester constituency until it was divided for this election.
With coalition support, Green won 76% of the votes, defeating MacDonald.[4] However, at the 1922 general election, without coalition support, Green stood as a National Liberal Party candidate. He won only 28.4% of the votes, and lost his seat to the Labour Party candidate Alfred Hill. Green did not stand again.[4] Instead, he joined the Conservative Party, and found work at its headquarters.[2]
References
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)
- ^ a b c Martin Crick, The History of the Social-Democratic Federation, p.305
- ^ "The Executive Election". Fabian News. April 1899.
- ^ ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
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