- Norah Runge
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Norah Cecil Runge, OBE (1884 – 6 June 1978) was a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom.
Runge was elected Member of Parliament for Rotherhithe in the 1931 Conservative landslide, gaining the seat from Labour incumbent Benjamin Smith. Runge held the seat until 1935, when it was regained by Smith.
Runge currently holds the record of the longest-lived female MP in the United Kingdom.[citation needed]
References
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Norah Runge
Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded by
Ben SmithMember of Parliament for Rotherhithe
1931 – 1935Succeeded by
Ben SmithCategories:- 1884 births
- 1978 deaths
- Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for English constituencies
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs
- UK MPs 1931–1935
- British female MPs
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- Politics of Southwark
- Conservative MP (UK), 1880s birth stubs
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