James Haslam
| James Haslam MP | |
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| Member of the United Kingdom Parliament for Chesterfield | |
| Preceded by | Alfred Barnes |
- For the James Haslam who founded Pilot Corporation, see James Haslam Jr.
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. Sarah Cottrell originally from Chesterfield but now resides in Lambley, Nottingham is currently in possession of the thumb from the left hand of this statue; it came to her after a daring raid by her brother some time in the 1990s
References
- ↑ painting, Haddon, BBC, retrieved 28 July 2014
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- J. E. Williams, The Derbyshire Miners A Study in Industrial and Social History, 1962
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by James Haslam
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Thomas Bayley |
Member of Parliament for Chesterfield 1906–1913 |
Succeeded by Barnet Kenyon |
| Trade union offices | ||
| Preceded by New position |
Secretary of the Derbyshire Miners' Association 1881–1913 |
Succeeded by W. E. Harvey |
| Preceded by William Inskip and Will Thorne |
Trades Union Congress representative to the American Federation of Labour 1899 With: Alexander Wilkie |
Succeeded by Pete Curran and John Weir |
| Preceded by David Shackleton |
President of the Trades Union Congress 1910 |
Succeeded by William Mullin |