| 词条 | Reginald Logan Rait |
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Reginald Logan Rait (January 1902 – 1975), was a British Pattenmaker and Liberal Party politician. He was notable for being the youngest candidate to stand at the 1923 UK General Election. BackgroundHe was born in Kingston, Surrey[1] to George Logan Rait and Alice Heleanor Rait.[2] He was educated at Charterhouse School, Godalming and University College, Oxford. He lived in Surbiton Hill, Surrey.[3] Political careerIn 1922 Rait was an Oxford delegate on Hungarian self-determination at Budapest. He was Liberal candidate for the Isle of Thanet division of Kent at the 1923 General Election. He was aged 21, the youngest candidate in the country.[4] The constituency had returned a Unionist candidate at every election since it was created in 1885. Rait came to within 48 votes of taking the seat and recorded the highest percentage poll for a Liberal candidate in the constituency; {{Election box begin ||title=General Election 1923: Isle of Thanet[5] }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Unionist Party (UK) |candidate = Esmond Cecil Harmsworth |votes = 13,821 |percentage = 50.1 |change = -11.1 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Reginald Logan Rait |votes = 13,773 |percentage = 49.9 |change = +11.1 }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 48 |percentage = 0.2 |change = -22.2 }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = |percentage = 69.5 |change = +1.1 }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Unionist Party (UK) |swing = -11.1 }}{{Election box end}} After the election in February 1924 he was re-adopted as prospective Liberal candidate for the Isle of Thanet.[6] However, he did not contest the seat at the following general election in October 1924. He did not stand for parliament again.[7] Professional careerHe was a Pattenmaker. In 1958 he was Master of the livery of the Worshipful Company of Pattenmakers.[8] He died in London, in 1975 at the age of 73.[9] References1. ^ancestry.co.uk {{DEFAULTSORT:Rait, Reginald Logan}}2. ^http://www.myheritage.com 3. ^The Liberal Yearbook - 1926 4. ^The Illustrated London News 1 Dec 1923 5. ^British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig 6. ^Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald, Kent, 23 February 1924 7. ^British parliamentary election results 1918-1983, Craig, F.W.S. 8. ^http://www.pattenmakers.co.uk 9. ^ancestry.co.uk 5 : 1902 births|1975 deaths|Liberal Party (UK) politicians|People educated at Charterhouse School|Alumni of University College, Oxford |
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