Cedric Drewe

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Cedric Drewe (26 May 1896 – 21 January 1971) was a British Conservative Party politician.

At the 1924 general election, he was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for South Molton in Devon, defeating the long-serving Liberal MP, George Lambert, who had held the seat since 1891. Lambert regained the seat at the next contest, the 1929 general election, and went on to represent South Molton until he retired from the Commons at the 1945 general election.

Drewe returned to Parliament two years later, at the 1931 general election, for the Honiton constituency. He held the seat until he retired from Parliament at the 1955 general election.

He never held ministerial office, but was a Conservative whip for many years, and in Winston Churchill's 1951-55 government, he was the government's deputy chief whip, with the formal title of Treasurer of the Household.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by George Lambert	Member of Parliament for South Molton 1924–1929	Succeeded by George Lambert
Preceded by Sir Arthur Morrison-Bell	Member of Parliament for Honiton 1931–1955	Succeeded by Robert Mathew
Political offices
Preceded by Arthur Pearson	Treasurer of the Household (Deputy Chief Whip) 1951–1955	Succeeded by Tam Galbraith