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Mr Walter Rea is a former MP for Dewsbury.

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Former MP for Dewsbury

Entered the House of Commons on 12 January 1906 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 25 October 1935 — General election

Also represented Bradford North; Scarborough

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Walter Runciman
• Mark Oldroyd
• John Simon

Future MPs in this constituency

• Walter Runciman
• Emil Pickering
• Benjamin Riley
• Thomas Harvey
• Benjamin Riley
• William Paling
• David Ginsburg
• John Whitfield
• Ann Taylor
• Shahid Malik
• Simon Reevell
• Paula Sherriff
• Mark Eastwood

Recent appearances

• Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Commerce.: Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada. 24 Oct 1935

  87. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that, according to the returns filed with the Board of Trade by the Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, this company's assets are not based on current market values and are largely hypothecated for the benefit of foreign and Colonial policy-holders, so that the security afforded British...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Public Health.: Air Attacks (Protection). 15 Jul 1935

  38 and 39. asked the Home Secretary (1), the present approximate cost of providing men and women, respectively, with effective protective clothing against poison gas; (2) whether any estimates have been prepared of the cost of equipping the people of the Metropolitan area and of the country generally with gas masks and efficient protective clothing against gas attack?

• London Passenger Transport (Agreement) [Money]. 21 Jun 1935

  I do not rise to offer any criticism of the scheme, which all my friends welcome not only in itself as a good scheme but as an evidence that the Government have now come to the conclusion that money can suitably be expended on developing schemes of this nature. I hope that we may take it that this is only the first fruits and that we may look to an extension of this policy not only in London...

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