Hastings Lees-Smith

Hastings Lees-Smith
Leader of the Opposition
In office
22 May 1940 – 18 December 1941
MonarchGeorge VI
Preceded byClement Attlee
Succeeded byThe Lord Pethick-Lawrence
President of the Board of Education
In office
2 March 1931 – 24 August 1931
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterRamsay MacDonald
Preceded bySir Charles Trevelyan, Bt
Succeeded bySir Donald Maclean
Postmaster General
In office
7 June 1929 – 2 March 1931
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterRamsay MacDonald
Preceded byThe Lord Selsdon
Succeeded byClement Attlee
Parliamentary offices
Member of Parliament
for Keighley
In office
14 November 1935 – 18 December 1941
Preceded byGeorge Harvie-Watt
Succeeded byIvor Bulmer-Thomas
In office
29 October 1924 – 7 October 1931
Preceded byRobert Pilkington
Succeeded byGeorge Harvie-Watt
In office
15 November 1922 – 16 November 1923
Preceded byRobert Clough
Succeeded byRobert Pilkington
Member of Parliament
for Northampton
In office
1910 – 25 November 1918
Serving with Charles McCurdy
Preceded by
Succeeded byCharles McCurdy
Personal details
Born26 January 1878 (1878-01-26)
British India
Died18 December 1941 (1941-12-19) (aged 63)
London, England
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour
Spouse
Joyce Holman
(m. 1915)
Alma materQueen's College, Oxford

Hastings Bertrand Lees-Smith PC (26 January 1878 – 18 December 1941) was a British Liberal turned Labour politician who was briefly in the cabinet as President of the Board of Education in 1931. He was the acting Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party (as chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party) from 1940 until his death, during the time Clement Attlee was in government.