Political career Joseph King (politician)

1 political career

1.1 mp
1.2 support soviet union
1.3 electoral results

political career
as mp

he liberal candidate new forest division of hampshire @ 1892 general election, coming second. did not contest 1895 , 1900 general elections. in 1904 contested isle of thanet by-election, 1904 liberal party candidate, coming second. @ 1906 general election liberal candidate again @ thanet, coming second.

he elected liberal mp north somerset @ january 1910 general election, holding seat party gained conservatives in 1906. re-elected in december 1910.

following outbreak of world war 1, joined union of democratic control group of liberal , labour politicians critical of secret diplomacy blamed cause of conflict. argued britain obliged protest @ german invasion of belgium not go belgium s aid. pacifist , opposed military conscription. constituency abolished part of 1918 boundary changes.

at 1923 general election labour candidate @ york, coming second.

support soviet union

he sympathetic bolsheviks, raising matter of trotsky s 1917 detention in debate in 1918:

mr. king asked secretary of state foreign affairs whether aware after russian revolution mr. trotsky arrested british authorities , placed in camp german prisoners @ halifax; charged being german agent; , whether, in order remove ground suspicion or instruct our ambassador or chargé d affaires in petrograd convey mr. trotsky british government s regret incident?
mr. balfour: mr. trotsky detained @ halifax on suspicion of being german agent. answer last part of question in negative.

in 1919 published pamphlet called 3 bloody men, in blamed whites starting violence , condemned british government encouraging them. denounced whites having removed lawful provisional government , alienated many anti-bolsheviks.

in 1933, published german revolution, meaning , menace, warning hitler.

electoral results

ilford in essex, showing boundaries used 1918 1945.

in 1920 contested ilford by-election, 1920 labour party candidate.