James Haslam
MP
Member of Parliament
for Chesterfield
Preceded byAlfred Barnes

James Haslam (1 April 1842 – 31 July 1913) was a British politician, representing Chesterfield as an MP from 1906 to 1913

Before entering Parliament in 1906, Haslam had been a founder member[1] and served as a leading official of the Derbyshire Miners’ Association (DMA) since its inception some 30 years earlier. He was returned in 1906 as a Liberal candidate, but won the two General Elections of 1910 as a Labour candidate.[2]

He died in 1913 in Chesterfield aged 71.

He currently has a statue outside the former Miner's Offices on Saltergate at Chesterfield.

References

  1. ^ painting, Haddon, BBC, retrieved 28 July 2014
  2. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byThomas Bayley Member of Parliament for Chesterfield 1906–1913 Succeeded byBarnet Kenyon Trade union offices Preceded byNew position Secretary of the Derbyshire Miners' Association 1881–1913 Succeeded byW. E. Harvey Preceded byWilliam Inskip and Will Thorne Trades Union Congress representative to the American Federation of Labour 1899 With: Alexander Wilkie Succeeded byPete Curran and John Weir Preceded byDavid Shackleton President of the Trades Union Congress 1910 Succeeded byWilliam Mullin


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