George Wardle
Biography
He was born on 15 May 1865.
He was editor of the Railway Review[1] and, in 1906, was elected a Labour Member of Parliament for Stockport. At the 1916 Labour Party conference, he made a speech which resulted in the conference passing resolutions as to the party stand on World War I, something the party leader Ramsay MacDonald had failed to establish.[1] He was a founding member of the Order of the Companions of Honour in 1917, and between 1917 and 1919 he served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade. In the 1918 General Election he successfully stood for election as a Coalition Labour candidate. He resigned as a Member of Parliament on 9 March 1920 by becoming Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.
He died on 18 June 1947.
References
- "British Laborites Put Loyalty First. Vote Overwhelmingly to Accept the Government's Military Service Bill" (PDF). The New York Times. 27 January 1916. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by George Wardle
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Joseph Leigh Beresford Valentine Melville |
Member of Parliament for Stockport 1906–1920 With: James Duckworth 1906–1910 Spencer Leigh Hughes 1910–1920 |
Succeeded by William Greenwood Henry Fildes |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by William Crawford Anderson |
Chair of the Labour Party 1916–1917 |
Succeeded by W. F. Purdy |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by George Henry Roberts |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade 1917–1919 |
Succeeded by William Bridgeman |
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