Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "George Wadsworth (10 December 1902 – 1979) was a businessman and Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom.Wadsworth was managing director of Wadsworth White Lead Co., Ltd and of G. Wadsworth and Son, Ltd. He served as a member of Halifax Borough Council.At the 1945 general election, Wadsworth was elected Member of Parliament for the East Riding of Yorkshire constituency of Buckrose. He won from the Conservatives by a majority of 949 votes, benefiting from the absence of a Labour candidate.In the House of Commons, he served on the Public Accounts Select Committee and was a member of parliamentary delegations to Hungary, Switzerland, Italy and Germany.At the 1950 election, following boundary changes, Wadsworth contested the re-drawn seat of Bridlington. This time he had a Labour opponent as well as a Conservative. The Conservative comfortably won the seat.Wadsworth contested the Sheffield Hillsborough constituency in the 1951 general election as a Conservative / National Liberal candidate but failed to take the seat from Labour, being defeated 28,274 votes to 19,617."@en }
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- George_Wadsworth_(politician) abstract "George Wadsworth (10 December 1902 – 1979) was a businessman and Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom.Wadsworth was managing director of Wadsworth White Lead Co., Ltd and of G. Wadsworth and Son, Ltd. He served as a member of Halifax Borough Council.At the 1945 general election, Wadsworth was elected Member of Parliament for the East Riding of Yorkshire constituency of Buckrose. He won from the Conservatives by a majority of 949 votes, benefiting from the absence of a Labour candidate.In the House of Commons, he served on the Public Accounts Select Committee and was a member of parliamentary delegations to Hungary, Switzerland, Italy and Germany.At the 1950 election, following boundary changes, Wadsworth contested the re-drawn seat of Bridlington. This time he had a Labour opponent as well as a Conservative. The Conservative comfortably won the seat.Wadsworth contested the Sheffield Hillsborough constituency in the 1951 general election as a Conservative / National Liberal candidate but failed to take the seat from Labour, being defeated 28,274 votes to 19,617.".