Arthur George Hooper

Arthur Hooper

Arthur George Hooper (30 January 1857 – 28 April 1940) was a British Liberal Party politician.

Background

Hooper was a son of George Freeman Hooper and Sarah Pitt. He married Fanny Shillito of Birmingham. He was a Congregationalist. He played cricket for Dudley Cricket Club from 1888 to 1892.

Career

He first was a partner in the firm of Dudley-based solicitors, Hooper & Fairbairn, then serving on Dudley Town Council. He sat as Liberal MP for Dudley from 1906 to 1910. He first stood for parliament at the 1906 General Election when he gained Dudley from the Conservatives.

General election 1906 Dudley Electorate 17,564

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur George Hooper	8,296	52.4	+4.8
	Conservative	G.H. Claughton	7,542	47.6	−4.8
Majority			754	4.8	9.6
Turnout				90.2	+12.4
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+4.8

Hooper gave his maiden speech in the House of Commons on 10 December 1906 on the issue of religious instructions in the debate on the abortive 1906 Education bill.

When he stood for re-election at the January 1910 General Election, he held his seat. However, at the December 1910 General Election, he was defeated by the Conservatives.

December 1910 General Election: Dudley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Griffith-Boscawen	8,260
	Liberal	Arthur George Hooper	7,900
Majority			360
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing
Turnout

External links

• Photograph at the National Portrait Gallery; http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portraitLarge/mw119162/Arthur-George-Hooper?LinkID=mp85097&search=sas&sText=Arthur+George+Hooper&role=sit&rNo=0
• Who Was Who; http://www.ukwhoswho.com
• His Papers at The National Archives; http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=145-8894&cid=-1#-1

Sources

• Who Was Who
• British parliamentary election results 1885–1918, Craig, F. W. S.
• Black Country History; http://blackcountryhistory.org [1]