Laurance Lyon

{{Short description|British politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Use British English|date=August 2016}} '''Laurance Lyon''' (1875 – 12 November 1932)<ref>{{Rayment-hc|h||date=March 2012}}</ref> was a British Conservative Party politician

Lyon was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historical Portraits |url=https://beechwoodottawa.ca/sites/default/files/2024-03/Historical%20Portraits%20Book%20-%20Full%20English-2024_0.pdf |access-date=18 September 2025 |website=beechwoodottawa.ca}}</ref>

He was elected Member of Parliament for Hastings at the 1918 general election,<ref name="craig1918-1949">{{cite book |last=Craig |first=F. W. S. |authorlink= F. W. S. Craig |title=British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 |orig-date=1969 |edition=3rd |year=1983 |publisher= Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |isbn= 0-900178-06-X |page=144 }}</ref> but resigned his seat in the House of Commons on 13 April 1921.<ref name="hoc-resignations">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04731.pdf |title=Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850 |author=Department of Information Services |publisher=House of Commons Library |date=9 June 2009 |accessdate=30 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110206041753/http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04731.pdf |archivedate= 6 February 2011 }}</ref>

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== External links == * {{FadedPage|id=Lyon, Laurance|name=Laurance Lyon|author=yes}} * {{Hansard-contribs | mr-laurance-lyon | Laurance Lyon }}

{{s-start}} {{s-par|uk}} {{succession box | title = Member of Parliament for Hastings | years = 1918 – 1921 | before = Arthur du Cros | after = Lord Eustace Percy }} {{s-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lyon, Laurance}} Category:1875 births Category:1932 deaths Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Category:UK MPs 1918–1922 Category:Politicians from Toronto Category:Canadian emigrants to the United Kingdom