# Laurance Lyon

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{{Short description|British politician}}
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'''Laurance Lyon''' (1875 – 12 November 1932)<ref>{{Rayment-hc|h||date=March 2012}}</ref> was a British [Conservative Party](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK)) politician

Lyon was born in [Toronto](/source/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](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for [Hastings](/source/Hastings_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) at the [1918 general election](/source/1918_United_Kingdom_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](/source/resignation_from_the_British_House_of_Commons) his seat in the [House of Commons](/source/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom) 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](/source/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 ==
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* {{Hansard-contribs | mr-laurance-lyon | Laurance Lyon }}

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 | title  = [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for [Hastings](/source/Hastings_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
 | years  = [1918](/source/1918_United_Kingdom_general_election) – [1921](/source/1921_Hastings_by-election)
 | before = [Arthur du Cros](/source/Sir_Arthur_du_Cros%2C_1st_Baronet)
 | after  = [Lord Eustace Percy](/source/Eustace_Percy%2C_1st_Baron_Percy_of_Newcastle)
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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

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