Santo Jeger

Santo Wayburn Jeger (20 May 1898 – 24 September 1953)[1] was a British Labour Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1945 until his death.

Dr Santo Jeger MP
Member of Parliament for Holborn and St Pancras South
In office 23 February 1950 – 24 September 1953
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Lena Jeger
Member of Parliament for St Pancras South East
In office 5 July 1945 – 23 February 1950
Preceded by	Alfred Beit
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Mayor of Shoreditch
In office 1929–1930
Preceded by	George Reynolds
Succeeded by	Henrietta Girling
Personal details
Born	Santo Wayburn Jeger (1898-05-20)20 May 1898
Died	24 September 1953(1953-09-24) (aged 55)
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Lena Jeger ​ ( m. 1948)
Alma mater	University College, Cardiff London and St Mary's Hospital

Jeger was educated at University College, Cardiff and the London and St Mary's Hospitals.[2] A doctor by profession, Jeger was a founder of the Socialist Medical Association. He served as a councillor on Shoreditch Borough Council from 1925 and was Mayor of the Borough 1929-30 and the Chairman of the Borough's public health committee for six years, establishing a number of clinics and public health schemes. He represented Shoreditch on the Metropolitan Boroughs Standing Joint Committee. Jeger was elected to the London County Council in 1931, serving until 1946. He was active in providing medical aid to the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War.[3]

Jeger stood for Parliament without success in 1935 in St Pancras South East[4] but won the seat at the 1945 general election.[4] He was elected in the two subsequent elections in 1950 and 1951 for the new seat of Holborn and St Pancras South.[3][2] He died in 1953 aged 55 and was succeeded as Member of Parliament in the ensuing by-election by his widow, Lena Jeger, later Baroness Jeger.[5]

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 1)
2. The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1951.
3. The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1950.
4. Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 45. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
5. Castle, Barbara (3 March 2007). "Baroness Jeger". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Santo Jeger

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Alfred Lane Beit	Member of Parliament for St Pancras South East 1945–1950	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Holborn and St Pancras South 1950–1953	Succeeded by Lena Jeger