Frank Murrell

Frank Edric Joseph Murrell (1874-1931) was a British Liberal Party politician.

Born in Tottenham, Middlesex in 1874, Murrell was a businessman with many interests in the printing industry. He co-founded the paper merchant Davies Harvey & Murrell in 1919 [Davies, Harvey and Murrell.cite web | title=Company History| url=http://www.dhmpaper.com/dhmAbout.html] . He was a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Stationers and a Freeman of the City of London. He served on the executive of the Federation of Master Printers [The Times election supplement, 8 Dec. 1923.] .

Murrell was selected to fight the Weston-super-Mare constituency at the 1922 General Election. Although listed in contemporary records as a member of the Liberal faction led by Asquith, he preferred not to be associated with either of the two factions of the Liberal Party. He called himself an 'Independent Liberal' and stated he would work with either faction if in agreement with their policies [Weston Mercury, report on 1922 General Election.] . He failed to take the seat at the 1922 election.

The Liberals were reunited at the 1923 General Election and Murrell again stood in Weston-super-Mare. He won the seat with a majority of 905, defeating the Conservative MP, Lord Erskine. Murrell was heavily defeated at the 1924 General Election, and did not contest the seat again. He died in 1931.

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