Walter Harrison (politician)

Walter Harrison
Harrison when Deputy Chief Whip in the 1970s
Treasurer of the Household and Deputy Chief Whip
In office
4 March 1974 – 4 May 1979
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
James Callaghan
Member of Parliament
for Wakefield
In office
15 October 1964 – 18 May 1987
Preceded byArthur Creech Jones
Succeeded byDavid Hinchliffe
Personal details
Born2 January 1921
Dewsbury, England
Died19 October 2012(2012-10-19) (aged 91)
Wakefield, England
Political partyLabour
Spouses
  • Enid Coleman
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    ​
    (m. 1948; died 1990)​
  • Jane Richards
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    ​
    (m. 1991; died 2000)​
Children2

Walter Harrison PC (2 January 1921 – 19 October 2012) was a British Labour politician who was the Member of Parliament for Wakefield from 1964 to 1987.[1]

  1. ^ "Former Labour whip Harrison dies". PoliticsHome. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2012.