Geoffrey Johnson Smith
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Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith (born April 16, 1924) is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom. For over twenty years he was Chairman of the Churchill Chapter of the Primrose League.
At the 1959 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Holborn and St Pancras South, a previously Labour-held marginal seat. He was defeated at the 1964 general election, but returned to the House of Commons the following year at a by-election in the safe Conservative seat of East Grinstead. When that constituency was abolished for the 1983 election, he was returned for the new Wealden constituency, and held that seat until he retired at the 2001 general election.
Johnson Smith served as Under-Secretary of State for the Army during Edward Heath's 1970-74 government, and testified at the Bloody Sunday Inquiry.
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| Preceded by Lena Jeger |
Member of Parliament for Holborn and St Pancras South 1959–1964 |
Succeeded by Lena Jeger |
| Preceded by Evelyn Emmet |
Member of Parliament for East Grinstead 1965–1983 |
Succeeded by (constituency abolished) |
| Preceded by (new constituency) |
Member of Parliament for Wealden 1983–2001 |
Succeeded by Charles Hendry |
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