Dr. Joseph Hunter, who died suddenly on Wednesday morning, was
one of the best known and most popular Members of the House of Commons, although he never once spoke in the Chamber the whole of the six years that he sat in Parliament. He was one of Mr. LlOyd George's " discoveries." Speaking in Dumfries one night he was so impressed by the charm and ability of Dr. Hunter, who was a great local figure in the district, that he • persuaded him to give up a very flourishing practice and come to London as the chief Liberal Organizer of the Land Campaign. Both in that capacity and as Scottish Liberal Whip after he won the Dumfries seat in 1929 lie revealed extraordinary powers of getting people to work together, and in the Labour Parliament he worked ceaselessly and with considerable success to secure a united Liberal Party in support of the Labour Govern- ment. When the crash came; he decided to stand as a Government Liberal, and later accepted the post of organizer to the Simon group. His kindliness and' modesty endeared him to men of all parties, and especially to the young.
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