Charles Murchison (politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetCharles Murchison (politician)
British politician
Date of Birth: 22-Sep-1872
Date of Death: 17-Dec-1952
Profession: politician
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Charles Murchison (politician)
- Sir Charles Kenneth Murchison (22 September 1872 – 17 December 1952) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was elected at the 1918 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston upon Hull East.
- Standing as a Coalition Conservative, he won the seat with a large majority over the sitting Liberal MP Thomas Ferens.Murchison did not defend his Hull seat at the 1922 general election, and stood instead in Huntingdonshire.
- He won the seat, but held it for only a year; at the 1923 general election he was defeated by the Liberal Leonard Costello.
- Murchison regained the seat from Costello at the general election in October 1924, and was knighted on 18 February 1927.
- After a further defeat at the 1929 general election, he did not stand for election to the House of Commons again.
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