Politics
Winfrey first contested South West Norfolk as a Liberal at the general election of 1895 and tried again in 1900. He was elected Liberal MP for South West Norfolk at the 1906 Liberal landslide election and he held the seat until 1923. He also represented Gainsborough from 1923-24. His first career had been as a chemist, and he steered the Poisons and Pharmacy Act 1908 through Parliament.
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