Walter Raine

Sir Walter Raine (1874–1938) was Conservative MP for Sunderland, at the time a two-seat constituency.

Education

Business and political career

The managing director of his father's coal exporting firm, Raine was a prominent Methodist and held many church offices as well as civic posts in Sunderland. He was Mayor of Sunderland from 1920 to 1922.

He won the seat in 1922, held it in 1923 and 1924, but lost to Labour in 1929. He was knighted in the 1927 Birthday Honours.

A ferry named after him later operated across the River Wear in Sunderland.

Sources

1 2 "THE HOUSE OF COMMONS CONSTITUENCIES BEGINNING WITH 'S'". Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
1 2 Whitaker's Almanack 1923 to 1930 editions
1 2 F.W.S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1918-1949
↑ "Barnard Castle School. Speech Day" (PDF). The Teesdale Mercury. p. 13. Retrieved 5 December 2025. some of the eminent men who had been as boys at the School, including ... Sir Walter Raine, who was a member of the Royal Commission on Banks and Banking
↑ "No. 33280". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 May 1927. p. 3604.
↑ "Remembering the river ferry which lasted 1,000 years". www.sunderlandecho.com. 15 April 2016.

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[leigh-1] 1 2 "THE HOUSE OF COMMONS CONSTITUENCIES BEGINNING WITH 'S'". Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[whitaker-2] 1 2 Whitaker's Almanack 1923 to 1930 editions

[craig-3] 1 2 F.W.S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1918-1949

[l191-4] "Barnard Castle School. Speech Day" (PDF). The Teesdale Mercury. p. 13. Retrieved 5 December 2025. some of the eminent men who had been as boys at the School, including ... Sir Walter Raine, who was a member of the Royal Commission on Banks and Banking

[5] "No. 33280". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 May 1927. p. 3604.

[echo-6] "Remembering the river ferry which lasted 1,000 years". www.sunderlandecho.com. 15 April 2016.