Alexander Critchley
Birth date17 December 1893
Birth placeOrmskirk, England
Death date17 December 1893 4 September 1974
Alma materUniversity of Liverpool
SpouseLucy Lindsay (m. 1925)
TitleMember of Parliament for Liverpool Edge Hill
PartyConservative Party
Term start1935
Term end1945
PredecessorHugo Rutherford
SuccessorRichard Clitherow
FatherWilliam Edwin Critchley

Alexander Critchley (17 December 1893 – 4 September 1974)[1] was a British Conservative politician. He was elected a member of parliament for Liverpool Edge Hill in 1935[2] until 1945, when he stood down. An accountant by profession, he was also a member of Liverpool City Council.[1] In 1946, he was re-elected as the chairman of the Liverpool Power and Lighting Committee.[3]

Personal life

Critchley was born in Ormskirk, Lancashire,[4] on 17 December 1893 to William Edwin Critchley.[1] He was educated at the University of Liverpool and in 1925 he married Lucy Lindsay.[1] He died 4 September 1974 aged 80.[5]

References

  1. ^ Michael Stenton, Stephen Lees, Who's who of British members of parliament: a biographical dictionary of the House of Commons, based on annual volumes of Dod's 'parliamentary companion' and other sources, Volume 3, Publisher: Harvester Press, 1981, 413 pages, page 82
  2. ^ No. 34223. 26 November 1935. p. 7501.
  3. ^ The Electrical journal, Volume 137, Published 1946, page 1506
  4. ^ "England and Wales Census, 1901 for Alexander Critchley" at familysearch.org
  5. ^ House of Commons Constituencies "E" @ leighrayment.com