National Government. In 1939, the Blackley Labour party had no candidate in place. Thus Oliver would have been particularly confident of making a return to parliament. However, the outbreak of war postponed the elections until 1945. In 1944 he had published Back to Balfour on the subject of a Jewish state as promised in the Balfour Declaration. In 1945 Oliver, now 60 years old, was again the Liberal candidate for Blackley, but the political climate had changed and Labour swept to victory both locally and nationally; Oliver did not stand for parliament again. He died in 1954 aged 69. External links to publications Genesis to Geneva: https://books.google.com/books?id=eabEHAAACAAJ&dq=genesis+to+Geneva+oliver&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AG_mUpLtO4Tn7AatgoDwAg&ved=0CEMQ6AEwAA Whatsoever Things: https://books.google.com/books?id=WJgfMwEACAAJ&dq=inauthor:%22Philip+Milner+Oliver%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=rG_mUte0KIWe7Aa54oDYDQ&ved=0CEwQ6AEwBg Back to Balfour:https://books.google.com/books?id=a5kunQEACAAJ&dq=inauthor:%22Philip+Milner+Oliver%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=rG_mUte0KIWe7Aa54oDYDQ&ved=0CEcQ6AEwBQ References 1884 births 1954 deaths Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1923–1924 UK MPs 1929–1931 Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford