Elma Tryphosa Dangerfield

Elma Tryphosa Dangerfield CBE (11 October 1907 - 22 January 2006) was a British journalist, writer, campaigner and Liberal Party politician.

Background

She was born in Liverpool as Elma Tryphosa Birkett but brought up partly in the Philippines, China, and Japan. She was educated in England at Beaufort School, Camberley, and University College London. In 1926 she married Edward Dangerfield. They had one daughter.

She was Secretary, then Director of the Byron Society from 1971-2006.

Political career

She was the Director of the European-Atlantic Group. She was a member of Royal Institute of International Affairs, and a Fellow of the Institute of Directors. She contested Aberdeen South in the United Kingdom general election of 1959. She was Director, of the United Kingdom Council of the European Movement. She was Joint Executive Editor of European Review. She contested Hitchin in the United Kingdom general election of 1964.

Election contests

General Election 1959: Aberdeen South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Priscilla Buchan	25,471	53.8	+3.8
	Labour	Peter Doig	17,349	36.6	−5.8
	Liberal	Elma Dangerfield	4,558	9.6	n/a
Majority			8,122	17.2	+9.6
Turnout				81.6	−2.2
	Unionist hold		Swing	+4.8

General Election 1964: Hitchin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shirley Williams	34,034	45.8
	Conservative	Martin Maddan	30,649	41.3
	Liberal	Elma Dangerfield	9,564	12.9
Majority			3,385	4.6
Turnout				84.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

In 1960 she was appointed OBE. In 2002 she was appointed a CBE.