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George Strauss
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George Russell Strauss, Baron Strauss (18 July 1901 - 5 June 1993) was a long-serving British Labour Party politician, who was a Member of Parliament (MP) for 47 years and was Father of the House of Commons from 1974 to 1979.
Strauss was educated at Rugby School. He became a metal merchant and a leading member of the London County Council, on which his wife also served.
Strauss' first parliamentary contest was in Lambeth North in 1924, when he lost by just 29 votes; however, he gained the seat in 1929. He lost it in Labour's landslide defeat of 1931, but regained it in the 1934 by-election. In 1939 Strauss was expelled from the Labour Party for supporting the 'Popular Front' movement of Stafford Cripps, whom he had served as Parliamentary Private Secretary.
Strauss was parliamentary secretary at the Ministry of Transport 1945-47 and was the Minister of Supply from 1947 to 1951. After boundary changes, he became MP for Vauxhall in 1950, which he represented until 1979. Soon afterwards he was created a life peer as Baron Strauss, of Vauxhall in the London Borough of Lambeth.
- Times Guide to the House of Commons October 1974
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Frank Briant |
Member of Parliament for Lambeth North 1929–1931 |
Succeeded by Frank Briant |
| Preceded by Frank Briant |
Member of Parliament for Lambeth North 1935–1950 |
Succeeded by (constituency abolished) |
| Preceded by (new constituency) |
Member of Parliament for Vauxhall 1950–1979 |
Succeeded by Stuart Holland |
| Preceded by Sir Robin Turton |
Father of the House 1974–1979 |
Succeeded by John Parker |
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| Preceded by John Wilmot |
Minister of Supply 1947–1951 |
Succeeded by Duncan Sandys |
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