George William Shield (24 March 1876 – 1 December 1935) was a British Labour Party politician.
Born in Coanwood,Northumberland, Shield became a coal miner before winning election as a checkweighman. A supporter of the Labour Party, he was elected to Northumberland County Council, and also served as a magistrate.[1]
At the 1922 general election, he stood unsuccessfully in the Conservative-held Hexham constituency in Northumberland; finishing in third place with a 24% share of the vote.
Shield did not stand again until 1929, when he was elected as Member of Parliament for the Wansbeck constituency at a by-election on 13 February, and returned at the 1929 general election.
He was defeated at the 1931 general election by the Conservative candidate Bernard Cruddas, and did not stand again.
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