Peter Wilson Raffan
Peter Wilson Raffan (1863 – June 23, 1940) was a British Liberal politician.
Raffan came from Newbridge, Monmouthshire, and in 1910 was chairman of the Monmouthshire County Council.[1] When a general election was called in January 1910, P W Raffan was selected as Liberal candidate for Leigh in south Lancashire. John Brunner, the sitting Liberal member of parliament, had chosen to stand in Northwich.
The constituency contained a large number of coalminers, and Raffan was opposed not only by the Conservatives, but by Thomas Greenall of the Labour Party, who was a leader of the Lancashire and Cheshire Miners' Federation. Leigh was one of the few seats where Labour and Liberals ran against each other.[2] Raffan won the seat easily. In the Commons Raffan became secretary of the Land Values Group who sought reform in property taxation.[3] He supported women's suffrage, disestablishment of the Church in Wales and the temperance movement.[4][5][6]
At the 1918 general election Raffan was re-elected at Leigh as a Liberal and received the "coupon" despite being an opponent of the Coalition Government.[7] At the 1922 election he stood unsuccessfully for election as a Liberal at Ayr Burghs.[8][9]
At the succeeding 1923 general election he successfully contested Edinburgh North for the Liberals, unseating the Unionist MP, Patrick Johnstone Ford. He only held the seat for one year, with Ford regaining the seat in the 1924 general election.
References
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs [self-published source][better source needed]
- ↑ Candidates and Constituencies, The Times, January 1, 1910, p.6
- ↑ P F Clarke, Lancashire and the New Liberalism, Cambridge, 1971
- ↑ Avner Offer, Property and Politics 1870 - 1914, Cambridge, 1981
- ↑ Woman suffrage, The Times, February 7, 1912, p.7
- ↑ Welsh Disetablishment, The Times, December 19, 1911, p.4
- ↑ Temperence Reform, The Times, February 10, 1921, p.7
- ↑ The Downfall of the Liberal Party by Trevor Wilson
- ↑ "Wee Free" Plans, The Times, October 21, 1922
- ↑ "The Times" List of Candidates, The Times, October 27, 1922, p.8
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Peter Raffan
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Leigh January 1910–1922 |
Succeeded by Henry Twist |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Edinburgh North 1923–1924 |
Succeeded by Patrick Johnstone Ford |
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