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Ernest Winterton

1873 – 1942

British politician and journalist

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Lived 1873 – 1942 (aged 68). Ernest Winterton was a British politician.

George Ernest Winterton (17 May 1873 – 15 May 1942) was a British politician and journalist.

Born in Oadby in Leicestershire, Winterton was educated locally, then at the Borough Road College in Isleworth, where he qualified as a teacher. He became involved in the temperance movement, and also concerned about the conduct of the police. After working in teaching, in 1920, he became a journalist on the Daily Herald, spending nine years at the paper.

Winterton joined the Independent Labour Party (ILP) in 1911, and in 1917 he founded a new branch in Richmond-upon-Thames. The ILP was affiliated to the Labour Party, for which he stood unsuccessfully in Loughborough at the 1923 and 1924 general elections, before finally winning the seat in 1929. He then lost at the 1931 general election, and failed to win the seat back in 1935.

He was father of the journalist and crime fiction author, Paul Winterton.

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Member of the 35th Parliament of the United Kingdom
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George Ernest Winterton

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Who was Ernest Winterton?

British politician and journalist

When was Ernest Winterton born?

Ernest Winterton was born on 17 May 1873.

When did Ernest Winterton die?

Ernest Winterton died on 15 May 1942.

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Ernest Winterton was a politician.

What nationality was Ernest Winterton?

Ernest Winterton was British.

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· Wikipedia: Ernest Winterton

· Wikidata: Q21557467

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