Charles Williams (Torquay MP)

For other people called Charles Williams, see Charles Williams (disambiguation).

Charles Williams
Portrait by Hay Wrightson, 1948
Member of Parliament for Torquay
In office 1924–1955
Preceded by	P. Gilchrist Thompson
Succeeded by	Sir Frederic Bennett
Member of Parliament for Tavistock
In office 1918–1922
Preceded by	Sir John Spear
Succeeded by	Maxwell Thornton
Personal details
Born	(1886-04-21)21 April 1886
Died	28 October 1955(1955-10-28) (aged 69)
Political party	Conservative

Charles Williams (21 April 1886 – 28 October 1955) was a Conservative Party politician in England. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for constituencies in Devon from 1918 to 1922, and from 1924 to 1955.

He was elected to the House of Commons on his first attempt, as a Coalition Conservative candidate for the Tavistock constituency at the 1918 general election, defeating his Liberal Party opponent with a majority of 13% of the votes. However, at the 1922 general election, the Liberal took the seat on a swing of over 10%.

At the 1923 election, he stood in Torquay, where he lost narrowly to the Liberal candidate. He won the seat at the 1924 general election, and represented Torquay in Parliament for 31 years, until his death aged 69, a few months after being returned for the ninth time at the 1955 election.

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

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