James Haslam
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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 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.
He died in 1913 in Chesterfield aged 71.
He currently has a statue outside the former Miner's Offices on Saltergate at Chesterfield.
- J. E. Williams, The Derbyshire Miners A Study in Industrial and Social History, 1962
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005:
| 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 |