Edgar Grierson (6 November 1884 – 1 March 1959)[1] was a British Labour Party[2] politician from Carlisle. He sat in the House of Commons from 1945 to 1950.
Grierson was the son of William Grierson from Scotby, Carlisle.[3] He was educated at Scotby Elementary School, and during World War I he served in France with the Border Regiment from 1914 to 1918.[3]
He was a member of Carlisle City Council from 1929 to 1950, and became an alderman.[3] He was Mayor of Carlisle from 1941 to 1942 and deputy mayor from 1942 to 1944.[3]
He was elected at the 1945 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Carlisle,[2][4]
and held the seat until the 1950 general election,[1]
when he did not stand again.[5]
^ abLeigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 1)
^ abCraig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 114. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
^ abcdStenton, Michael; Lees, Stephens (1981). Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume IV, 1945–1979. Brighton: The Harvester Press. p. 142. ISBN 0-85527-335-6.
^"No. 37238". The London Gazette. 24 August 1945. p. 4289.
^"UK General Election results February 1950". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
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