Dryden Brook

Dryden Brook (25 August 1884 – 30 January 1971) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom, and a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1945 to 1955.

In the Labour landslide at the 1945 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Halifax, unseating the Conservative MP Gilbert Gledhill with a majority of over 10,000 votes. He held the seat until the 1955 general election, when the Conservative Maurice Macmillan won with a majority of 1,535.

References

• Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. 
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Dryden Brook

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Gilbert Gledhill	Member of Parliament for Halifax 1945–1955	Succeeded by Maurice Macmillan

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Name	Brook, Dryden
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Date of birth	25 August 1884
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Date of death	1946
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