George Jeger
British Labour Party politician
George Jeger (19 March 1903 – 6 January 1971) was a British Labour Party politician. He served as the Member of Parliament for Winchester from 1945 to 1950, normally a safe Conservative seat. In 1950 he was elected as the MP for Goole, which he held until his death in 1971.
He previously worked as a bank official and a freelance journalist,[1][2] and served as a member of Shoreditch Borough Council from 1926 to 1940, and as Mayor of Shoreditch from 1937 to 1938.[3]
He was the brother of Santo Jeger, brother-in-law of Lena Jeger, and father of Jenny Jeger.[4][5] His nephew Peter Prinsley is also a Labour MP.[6]
References
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 4)
Footnotes
- ^ "Labour Hopes at Walsall". The Manchester Guardian. 8 November 1938.
- ^ "A Mixed Political History". The Manchester Guardian. 12 August 1938.
- ^ "Jeger, George". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U156112. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ Mandelson, Peter (5 September 1997). "Obituary: Jenny Jeger: A rock of Labour". The Guardian.
- ^ "Jenny Jeger". The Times. 10 September 1997.
- ^ https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2024-07-19/debates/6A1FA3E9-41B0-434A-B13C-B6680AA87023/PlanningTheGreenBeltAndRuralAffairs#contribution-41A76F15-B414-447C-AADA-FDA7FBDCA36D
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by George Jeger
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| Preceded by Gerald Palmer | Member of Parliament for Winchester 1945–1950 | Succeeded by Peter Smithers |
| New constituency | Member of Parliament for Goole 1950–1971 | Succeeded by Edmund Marshall |
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