Austin Taylor (British politician)

For other people named Austin Taylor, see Austin Taylor (disambiguation).

Austin Taylor (1858 – 27 April 1955)[1] was a Conservative Party, later Liberal Party, politician in the United Kingdom.

He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool East Toxteth at a by-election in November 1902[2] following the resignation of the Conservative MP Augustus Frederick Warr.[3] He was re-elected unopposed in 1906.[2] He was a Unionist Free Trader and resigned from the Conservative Party in February 1906, crossing the floor to join the Liberal Party. He stood down from the House of Commons at the January 1910 general election.[2] In June 1918, the Liberal MP for Buckrose became ill and was looking to retire. The local Liberal Association selected Taylor as their candidate to succeed him. Due to the war-time electoral truce, Taylor expected to be elected in a by-election unopposed. However, the by-election was not called and a General Election was called for December instead. A Labour candidate was chosen to contest the seat. Taylor hoped to receive endorsement from the Coalition government, but at the eleventh hour, that endorsement was given to a latecomer to the contest, who stood as a Coalition Liberal and was elected instead.

References

  1. ↑ "Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with "E", part 1". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 139. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
  3. ↑ Department of Information Services (9 June 2009). "Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2009.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Augustus Frederick Warr		 Member of Parliament for Liverpool East Toxteth
1902 – Jan. 1910 		Succeeded by
Edward Marshall-Hall


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