Education
Corbet was educated at Wimbledon County School and University College, London.
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Freda Corbet
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She became a teacher, lecturer and a barrister. Corbet became active in the Labour movement, serving as secretary of the Balham and Tooting Independent Labour Party. She served as a councillor on the London County Council 1935-1965 and acted as Chief Whip to the Labour group there, until deposed by Bill Fiske in 1960.
She contested Lewisham East at the 1935 general election, without success.
She became a magistrate in 1940. She retired in February 1974.
Membership
38th United Kingdom Parliament. 39th United Kingdom Parliament. 40th United Kingdom Parliament.
41st United Kingdom Parliament.
42nd United Kingdom Parliament. 43rd United Kingdom Parliament.
44th United Kingdom Parliament. 45th United Kingdom Parliament]
At the 1945 election, Corbet was elected Member of Parliament for Camberwell North West, moving to Peckham in 1950.
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Political Party
Labour Party