Edwin Gooch

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Edwin George Gooch (15 January 1889 – 2 August 1964) was a British Labour Party politician and British trade union leader.

Born in Wymondham, Norfolk on the 15th January 1889

Appointed Labour County Alderman for Norfolk, Later in 1935 when Wymondham Urban District Council was created. Edwin Gooch became the first Chairman of the new UDC and held the office for most of the period up to 1946.

His wife, Ethel Gooch, became the council's first lady member in 1935 and its first lady Chairman in 1951.

Edwin Gooch was elected President of the National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers in 1928 and held the position until his death in 1964

At the 1931 general election, he was an unsuccessful candidate in the Conservative-held South Norfolk constituency.

Gooch did not contest the 1935 general election, but at the 1945 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for North Norfolk, defeating the Conservative MP Thomas Cook. He held the seat until his death shortly before the 1964 general election.

He was chairman of the Labour Party's National Executive Committee from 1955 to 1956.

[edit] References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
• Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. 

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Thomas Cook	Member of Parliament for North Norfolk 1945–1964	Succeeded by Bert Hazell
Political offices
Preceded by Edith Summerskill	Chair of the Labour Party 1955–1956	Succeeded by Margaret Herbison