1928 Halifax by-election
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The 1928 Halifax by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 13 July 1928 for the British House of Commons constituency of Halifax in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
John Henry Whitley
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John Henry Whitley
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John Henry Whitley, often known as J. H. Whitley, was a British politician and Georgist. He was the final Liberal to serve as Speaker of the House of Commons, a role he held from 1921 to 1928.
1928 Halifax by-election
…House of Commons constituency of Halifax in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Member of Parliament (MP), John Henry Whitley, the Speaker of the House of Commons since 1921, had resigned his seat due to ill-health. He had been elected as a Liberal Party MP at the 1900 general…
Whitley in 1915