Allan Chapman (politician)

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Allan Chapman ( 1897 - January 7, 1966 ) was a British Conservative politician (Unionist Party) and was from 1935 to 1945 a member of the House of Commons ( Member of Parliament ).

Life

Allan Chapman was the son of H. Williams Chapman, Esq. and Beatrice, daughter of Edward Cox, Esq. Chapman was educated at Queens' College of the University of Cambridge and was then the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Air Force operates.

In the British general election in 1935 he stood for the Conservative Unionist Party in the Rutherglen constituency and won the election with 20,712 votes (50.71%) against Labor Party candidate David Hardie with 20,131 votes (49.29%).

From 1938 Allan served as Parliamentary Private Secretary , an MP who is in contact with other MPs for a minister. First he was assigned to Walter Elliot , from February to May 1938 as Elliot Minister for Scotland ( Secretary of State for Scotland ) and from May to November 1938 as Elliot was Minister of Health ( Secretary of State for Health ). After that he was John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley assigned, from November 1938 to September 1939 when Anderson Lord Privy Seal ( Lord Privy Seal was), from September 1939 to October 1940 in his capacity as Secretary of State Home Affairs and Minister for Home Security and October 1940 to March 1941 when he was Lord President of the Council . Under Churchill's wartime government , Chapman was from March 1, 1941 to March 4, 1942, Chapman was Assistant Postmaster-General and then, until the end of the government on May 23, 1945, Under-Secretary of State for Scotland ) together with Thomas Galbraith, 1st Baron Strathclyde .

After the first general election in 1945 after the end of the war, Chapman was defeated in the Rutherglen constituency with 16,736 votes (40.35%) to the Labor Party candidate Gilbert McAllister with 24,738 votes (59.65%).

literature

  • Chapman, Allan . In: Dod's Parliamentary Companion . Dod's Parliamentary Companion Ltd., London 1967, p. 349 (English).
  • Chapman, Allan . In: Who's who of British Members of Parliament . A Biographical Dictionary of the House of Commons. Volume III: 1919-1945. Harvester Press, Brighton 1979, pp. 62 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Richard Kimber: UK General Election results November 1935. In: Political Science Resources. October 22, 2012, accessed March 19, 2017 .
  2. ^ Richard Kimber: UK General Election results July 1945. In: Political Science Resources. October 22, 2012, accessed March 19, 2017 .

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personal data
SURNAME Chapman, Allan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1897
DATE OF DEATH 7th January 1966