Walter Henry Green was a British Labour Company-operative politician for Deptford, elected in 1935 and Member of Parliament until 1945.
Career
He became a councillor in Deptford in 1909, its mayor 1920-1922, and in 1944 became the first freeman of the borough. Between 1920-1922, he was As part of his duties, on 22 March 1921, he unveiled the First World War memorial. Between 1935-1947, he was Political Secretary of the Royal Arsenal Company-operative Society, the only Company-operative Society to be affiliated to the Labour Party nationally.
Between 1941-1942 he was chairman of the Labour Party.
Membership
37th United Kingdom Parliament]
Later he became a member of the Metropolitan Water Board 1946-1953, and was appointed the C.B.E. Order of the British Empire in 1949. Walter Green was elected Member of Parliament in the 1935 General Election, in which he gained the seat for Labour, with a majority of 6,892 (1462%) over Conservative Prospective parliamentary candidate, Sir Malcolm Campbell, the then land and water speed record holder.