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Paul Walter

Walter James, last surviving Liberal Party candidate from the 1945 General Election, dies aged 103

By Paul Walter | Sat 29th August 2015 - 3:56 pm

The Times (£) has reported the death of Walter James, who was the Liberal Party candidate for Bury in the 1945 General Election. As such, he is thought to be the last Liberal candidate from 1945 to pass on, leaving, it is believed, just two candidates surviving from that election, both of them from the Labour party: Denis Healey and Jeremy Hutchinson, now Baron Hutchinson of Lullington.

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