Joseph Harper (English politician)
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Joseph Harper was a Labour Party
politician in Great Britain
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He was elected as the Member of Parliament
MP for Pontefract
at a by-election in 1962. He was MP for the constituency and then Pontefract and Castleford (UK Parliament constituency)
until he died in office aged 64. At the by-election held after his death
, the seat was held for Labour by Geoffrey Lofthouse.
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
politician in Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
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He was elected as the Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
MP for Pontefract
Pontefract (UK Parliament constituency)
Pontefract was an English parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Pontefract in the West Riding of Yorkshire, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons briefly in the 13th century and again from 1621 until 1885, and one member from 1885 to 1974.-In the unreformed...
at a by-election in 1962. He was MP for the constituency and then Pontefract and Castleford (UK Parliament constituency)
Pontefract and Castleford (UK Parliament constituency)
Pontefract and Castleford was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until the 2010 general election. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...
until he died in office aged 64. At the by-election held after his death
Pontefract and Castleford by-election, 1978
A by-election was held for the British House of Commons parliamentary constituency of Pontefract and Castleford on 26 October 1978 following the death of Labour Member of Parliament Joseph Harper on 24 June. It was one of two UK parliamentary by-elections held on that day.The result was a Labour...
, the seat was held for Labour by Geoffrey Lofthouse.