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John Wilmot, Baron Wilmot

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John Charles Wilmot, Baron Wilmot PC (2 April 189522 July 1964) was a British Labour Party politician..

He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Fulham East at a by-election in 1933, but lost his seat the 1935 general election.

He returned to the House of Commons at another by-election, in 1939 as MP for Kennington. He was re-elected at the 1945 election for the Deptford constituency, before retiring from Parliament at the 1950 general election. He was then elevated to the peerage as Baron Wilmot of Selmeston; the title became extinct on his death in 1966.

In Clement Attlee's post-war government, he was Minister of Supply from 1945 to 1947, and was made a Privy Councillor in 1945.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Fulham East
19331935
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Kennington
19391945
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Deptford
19451950
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Supply
1945–1947
Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
(new creation)
Baron Wilmot of Selmeston
1950–1964
Succeeded by
(extinct)