Charles Edgar Loseby

Charles Edgar Loseby (1881 – 1970) was a captain, lawyer and British politician being Member of Parliament for Bradford East.

Before World War I, he was a teacher at St Cyprian's School, Eastbourne. He joined the army in September 1914 and went to serve in France. He was gassed at Ypres in May 1915.

At the 1918 general election, he was elected as Coalition National Democratic member for Bradford East, and served in the House of Commons until the 1922 general election.

After the Coalition government ended he remained an advocate of close co-operation between the Liberal and Conservative parties; He was a supporter of Winston Churchill and like Churchill contested the 1924 General election as a Constitutionalist at Nottingham West. He was unsuccessful at the election and before the 1929 General election, he had joined the Conservatives, standing as a candidate for them in 1929.

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Charles Loseby

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Edward Briggs Priestley	Member of Parliament for Bradford East 1918–1922	Succeeded by Fred Jowett

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Name	Loseby, Charles Edgar
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Date of birth	1881
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Date of death	1970
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