Background
DUNN, Albert Edward was born on February 13, 1864. Son of William Henry Dunn, Justice of the Peace, of Exeter.
DUNN, Albert Edward was born on February 13, 1864. Son of William Henry Dunn, Justice of the Peace, of Exeter.
He was educated at Hallam Hall College, Clevedon in Somerset.
In 1887 he was admitted as a solicitor. He later became a partner for Dunn, Baker & Company of London. He retired from his legal work to concentrate on his political career.
In 1914 on the outbreak of war, he received a commission with the Sportsman"s Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers and was responsible for recruiting a company of soldiers from Exeter and the West Country.
His first venture into politics had been standing as a candidate for election to Exeter City Council, to which he was first elected in 1888. He first stood for election to Parliament at the 1892 general election, when he was unsuccessful in the Conservative-held Exeter constituency.
He did not contest the General Elections of 1895 and 1900. Like his father, he served as a Justice of the peace in Exeter.
He remained active in local politics in Exeter and served twice as Mayor of Exeter, in 1900-1901 and in 1901-1902.
In 1905 he served as Honorary Town clerk of Exeter. He was re-elected in January 1910, again increasing his majority despite the Liberal Party losing ground across the country;
He stood again at the December 1918 general electionbut this time in the neighbouring constituency of Street Ives and not as Liberal, but as a candidate for the Labour Party. He did not contest the 1922 General Election but did contest Street Ives again at the 1923 General Election where he finished third.
He had held the seat for the Liberal Party with an increased majority despite the presence of a socialist candidate.
He decided not to defend his seat at the December 1910 general election.
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He returned to parliamentary politics for the 1906 general election, when he was elected as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for the Cornish mining constituency of Camborne.