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5 unusual facts about George William Symonds Jarrett


East Ham North by-election, 1926

George Jarrett was the Conservative candidate and a director of a printing and publishing company.

George William Symonds Jarrett

However, this time he switched to contest the Labour seat of Edmonton, Middlesex.

He again faced John Mills as the Labour candidate, but this time there was no Liberal candidate.

During the First World War he joined the National Democratic Party (NDP), which had been set up as a pro-war party for Labour supporters.

His prospects improved when he received endorsement as the official Coalition candidate from Prime Minister David Lloyd George and the Unionist Leader, Andrew Bonar Law.



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