Stephen Walsh
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Stephen Walsh (1859 - March 16, 1929) was a Labour Party MP and a member of the Lloyd George Coalition Government as a Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of National Service in 1917 and then Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board from 1917 to 1919.
Walsh was elected in 1906. Previously he had been a miner and an official of the Lancashire and Cheshire Miners' Federation. He lost a son in the Great War and stood in the 1918 election as a Coalition Labour candidate opposed by the official Labour Party.
He was Vice-President of National Union of Mineworkers from 1922 to 1924 until he was appointed by Ramsay MacDonald as Secretary of State for War. Walsh was popular with the Army and he knew Lord Derby all his life.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Henry Blundell-Hollinshead-Blundell |
Member of Parliament for Ince 1906–1929 |
Succeeded by Gordon MacDonald |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Herbert Smith |
Vice-President of the National Union of Mineworkers 1922–1924 |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by Earl of Derby |
Secretary of State for War Jan-Nov 1924 |
Succeeded by Sir Laming Worthington-Evans |
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Categories: 1859 births | People from Ashton-in-Makerfield | 1929 deaths | Labour MPs (UK) | English miners | Members of the United Kingdom Parliament from English constituencies | UK MPs 1906-1910 | UK MPs 1910 | UK MPs 1910-1918 | UK MPs 1918-1922 | UK MPs 1922-1923 | UK MPs 1923-1924 | UK MPs 1924-1929
