Currie did not return to parliament, but was appointed to a number of advisory boards. Over time he moved politically to the left, and in June 1935 was elected to the London County Council as a Labour Party councillor representing Wandsworth Central. He was president of the Chelsea Labour Party from 1936. He resigned from the council in 1939.[2][1]
george, currie, british, politician, george, welsh, currie, 1870, june, 1950, british, politician, george, currie, born, edinburgh, reverend, james, currie, following, education, university, edinburgh, entered, business, accountant, travelled, widely, united, . George Welsh Currie 1870 3 June 1950 was a British politician 1 George Currie Born in Edinburgh he was the son of the Reverend James Currie Following education at the University of Edinburgh he entered business as an accountant and travelled widely in the United States Canada and South America He became a strong supporter of Joseph Chamberlain and in 1906 became secretary of the Scottish branch of the Tariff Reform League 1 When the sitting Member of Parliament for Leith Burghs Ronald Ferguson was appointed Governor General of Australia in 1914 Currie was chosen by the Scottish Unionist Party to attack the seat at the resulting by election He gained the seat but only by a narrow majority of 16 votes 1 When the next general election was held at the end of 1918 there was a redistribution of parliamentary seats under the Representation of the People Act Currie stood in the new Leith seat as a supporter of David Lloyd George s coalition government but lost fairly narrowly to the Liberal candidate William Wedgwood Benn Currie did not return to parliament but was appointed to a number of advisory boards Over time he moved politically to the left and in June 1935 was elected to the London County Council as a Labour Party councillor representing Wandsworth Central He was president of the Chelsea Labour Party from 1936 He resigned from the council in 1939 2 1 Outside politics Currie was active in the administration of the Church of England in the Dioceses of London and Guildford 1 He died at his home in Witley Surrey aged 79 3 1 References edit a b c d e f Obituary Mr G W Currie Services To Church And State The Times 10 June 1950 p 6 Jackson W Eric 1965 Achievement A Short History of the London County Council London Longmans p 259 Deaths The Times 5 June 1950 p 1 External links editWorks by or about George Currie at Internet Archive Hansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by George Welsh Currie Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byRonald Munro Ferguson Member of Parliament for Leith Burghs1914 1918 constituency abolished Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George Currie British politician amp oldid 1146358710, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
