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'''Harry Day''' (16 September 1880 – 16 September 1939)<ref name="rayment-hc">{{cite web |url=http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Scommons4.htm |title=Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with "S", part 4 |work=Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages |accessdate=9 January 2010}}</ref> was a [[British people|British]] theatre owner and [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician.<ref name=obit>{{cite news|title=Obituary: Mr Harry Day MP|newspaper=[[The Times]]|date=18 September 1939|page=4}}</ref> |
'''Harry Day''' (16 September 1880 – 16 September 1939)<ref name="rayment-hc">{{cite web |url=http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Scommons4.htm |title=Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with "S", part 4 |work=Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages |accessdate=9 January 2010}}</ref> was a [[British people|British]] theatre owner and [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician.<ref name=obit>{{cite news|title=Obituary: Mr Harry Day MP|newspaper=[[The Times]]|date=18 September 1939|page=4}}</ref> |
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 Left to right: Theodore Hardeen with his son, Joe Hyman, Harry Day, Lord Northcliffe and Dundas Slater. | |
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Harry Day (16 September 1880 – 16 September 1939)[1] was a British theatre owner and Labour Party politician.[2]
Biography
Day was born as Edward Lewis Levy in the United States. He legally changed his name to Harry Day.[3]
He was the son of David John Day. He has sold tickets for Barnum & Bailey's travelling circus.[2] He subsequently worked as a bill poster before gaining ownership of theatres in Bristol, Bedford and Dover. He was also briefly Harry Houdini's manager.[2]
In 1901 he married Kathleen Amelia Rea, an actor with the stage name "Kitty Collyer", and they had two children.[2]
In 1909, Houdini gave him a painting with the message "To Harry Day from his sincere pal, Harry Houdini." This painting was later damaged in a break in at his home.[4]
Politician
Day was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Southwark Central at the 1924 general election, having unsuccessfully contested the seat in 1923.[5] He was re-elected in 1929 with a much-increased majority, but when Labour split at the 1931 general election he lost the seat to a Conservative supporter of the National Government.[5]
He was elected to the London County Council as a councillor for Southwark Central in the same year he lost his parliamentary seat.[6]
Day regained his Commons seat at the 1935 general election,[5] holding both parliamentary and council seats until his death.[1]
In 1939, he became ill and travelled to Canada for his health. He died on his 59th birthday in Quebec.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with "S", part 4". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
- ^ a b c d e "Obituary: Mr Harry Day MP". The Times. 18 September 1939. p. 4.
- ^ Lycett, Andrew. (2008). The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes: The Life and Times of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Free Press. p. 440. ISBN 0-7432-7523-3 "The MP was the enigmatic Harry Day, who had long been Houdini's British agent. The way he had reinvented himself put even the magician in the shade. Born Edward Lewis Levy in the United States, he first surfaced in Britain as a professional actor in 1900 when his wife, a music hall performer, won a divorce on the grounds that he had beaten her up and committed adultery. After legally changing his name he became a successful if litigious impresario, agent and theatre owner."
- ^ Kalush, William; Sloman, Larry. (2006). The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero. Atria Books. p. 529. ISBN 978-0743272087
- ^ a b c Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 48. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ^ Jackson, W Eric (1965). Achievement. A Short History of the LCC. Longmans. p. 260.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Harry Day