About Henry McGhee
Lived 1898 – 1959 (aged 60). Henry McGhee was a British politician.
Henry George McGhee (3 July 1898 – 6 February 1959) was a British Labour Party politician.
He was educated in Lurgan, County Armagh and Glasgow and was a dentist. He was elected at the 1935 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Penistone in the West Riding of Yorkshire and held the seat until his death in 1959 aged 60.
During the late 1930s he was a member of the Parliamentary Pacifist Group. In the late 1940s, he was treasurer of the Friends of Ireland.
His successor at the by-election following his death was John Mendelson.
He was the son of Irish MP, Richard McGhee.
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Who was Henry McGhee?
British politician (1898-1959)
When was Henry McGhee born?
Henry McGhee was born on 3 July 1898.
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Henry McGhee died on 6 February 1959.
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Henry McGhee was a politician.
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Henry McGhee was British.
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