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President of the Local Government Board

The President of the Local Government Board was a ministerial post, frequently a Cabinet position, in the United Kingdom, established in 1871. The Local Government Board itself was established in 1871 and took over supervisory functions from the Board of Trade and the Home Office, including the Local Government Act Office, which had been established by the Local Government Act 1858, as well as the Poor Law Board, which it replaced.

The position was abolished in 1919, following the First World War, and the duties transferred to the new position of Minister of Health.

List of presidents of the Local Government Board (1871–1919)

Portrait	Name
Constituency	Term of office	Political party	Government	Ref
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		[[File:James Stansfeld.JPG	75px]]	James Stansfeld
MP for Halifax	August
1871	March
1874		Liberal
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:George Sclater-Booth, Vanity Fair, 1874-08-08.jpg	75px]]	George Sclater-Booth
MP for Northern Hampshire	March
1874	May
1880		Conservative
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		[[File:John George Dodson, 1st Baron Monk Bretton.jpg	75px]]	John George Dodson
MP for Scarborough	May
1880	1882		Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Charles Dilke 2.JPG	75px]]	Sir Charles Dilke
2nd Baronet
MP for Chelsea	1882	1885		Liberal
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Arthur James Balfour00.jpg	75px]]	Arthur Balfour
MP for Manchester East	1885	1886		Conservative
Liberal Unionist Party}}"		[[File:Joseph Chamberlain in colour.jpg	75px]]	Joseph Chamberlain
MP for Birmingham West	1886	1886		Liberal Unionist
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		[[File:James Stansfeld.JPG	75px]]	James Stansfeld
MP for Halifax	1886	1886		Liberal
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Charles Thomson Ritchie headshot.jpg	75px]]	Charles Ritchie
MP for Tower Hamlets, St George Division	1886	1892		Conservative
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Portrait of Henry Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton.jpg	75px]]	Henry Fowler
MP for Wolverhampton East	1892	1894		Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		[[File:No image.svg	75px]]	George Shaw-Lefevre
MP for Bradford Central	1894	1895		Liberal
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin, by Arthur Stockdale Cope.jpeg	75px]]	Henry Chaplin
MP for Sleaford	1895	1900		Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Walter Hume Long, 1st Viscount Long portrait.jpg	75px]]	Walter Long
MP for Bristol South	1900	1905	Conservative
Balfour
(Cons.–Lib.U.)
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:GeraldBalfour.jpg	75px]]	Gerald Balfour
MP for Leeds Central	1905	11 December
1905		Conservative
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		[[File:John Burns.jpg	75px]]	John Burns
MP for Battersea	11 December
1905	1914	Liberal
(Lib-Lab)
Asquith
(I–III)
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Herbert Samuel.jpg	75px]]	Herbert Samuel
MP for Cleveland	1914	1915		Liberal
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Walter Hume Long, 1st Viscount Long portrait.jpg	75px]]	Walter Long
MP for Strand	1915	1916		Conservative
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Portrait of Mr. D. A. Thomas.jpg	75px]]	David Alfred Thomas
1st Baron Rhondda
13 December
1916	1917		Liberal
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:William Hayes Fisher, 1st Baron Downham.jpg	75px]]	William Hayes Fisher
MP for Fulham	2 July
1917	1918		Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Auckland Geddes.png	75px]]	Auckland Geddes
MP for Basingstoke	1918	1919		Conservative
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Dr. Christopher Addison (LOC) (16027831872).jpg	75px]]	Christopher Addison
MP for Shoreditch	1919	1919		Liberal
(Coalition)

References

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{{London Gazette. (22 August 1871)
{{London Gazette. (6 March 1874)
{{London Gazette. (4 May 1880)
{{London Gazette. (12 December 1905)
{{London Gazette. (15 December 1916)
{{London Gazette. (6 July 1917)

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