Politics
He had served only four years before he resigned his commission on being selected as prospective Conservative Party candidate for East Ham South in 1928. In the same year he married Miss Joan Dunn, second daughter of Sir James Hamet Dunn. Duggan spent more than a year 'nursing' his prospective constituency, which was narrowly held by the Labour Party; in the 1929 general election he argued that the Ford factory would only be built locally if 'safeguarding' of industries was continued. He lost the election as the Labour majority increased to 10,102 votes.
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