Alfred Holland (politician) explained

Alfred Holland (29 January 1900 – 30 August 1936)[1] was a Labour Party politician in England.

He was elected at the 1935 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Clay Cross, filling the seat held by Arthur Henderson until his death shortly before the election.[2] Holland died of meningitis[3] [4] only 9 months after his election to the House of Commons, aged 36.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: House of Commons constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4) . Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages . 2009-04-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090810231604/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ccommons4.htm . 10 August 2009 . usurped . dmy-all .
  2. Book: Craig , F. W. S. . F. W. S. Craig

    . F. W. S. Craig . British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 . 1969 . 3rd . 1983 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-06-X . 320.

  3. [The Catholic Herald]
  4. North-East Derbyshire Labour Party: History of the Labour Party in NE Derbyshire. URL last accessed 2012-10-29.