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17th May 1902 |
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Oak Park, Illinois, USA |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia Wilfred Roberts was Liberal MP for Cumberland North from 1935-50.
He gained his seat from the Conservatives in 1935 at the second attempt, having stood there in 1931. In 1950, following boundary changes he contested the re-drawn seat of Penrith and the Border but lost to the Conservative. In the three previous elections, Labour had not opposed him but in 1950, they intervened and cost him his seat. A radical Liberal, he was a supporter of the Popular Front advocated by Sir Stafford Cripps, seeking an alliance between left of centre political forces. From 1941-2 he served as PPS to the Liberal Leader, Sir Archibald Sinclair, the Secretary of State for Air. In 1956 he joined the Labour Party and at the 1959 elections fought Hexham as a Labour candidate without success.
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