Tom Shaw (politician)
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Tom Shaw PC CBE (9 April 1872 – 26 September 1938) was a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician.
Born in Colne, Lancashire, he received elementary school education.
He was Secretary of the International Federation of Textile Workers from 1911-1929, and again from 1931. He was Joint Secretary of Labour and Socialist International from 1923-1925.
He sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Preston from December 1918 until he was unseated at the 1931 general election. He served as a Junior Whip, 1919; as Minister of Labour in the Labour Government 1924 and as Secretary of State for War from 1929-1931.
Shaw was awarded the CBE in 1919 and appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1924.
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| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by George Frederick Stanley and Urban H. Broughton |
Member of Parliament for Preston 2-seat constituency (with George Frederick Stanley, to 1922; James Philp Hodge, 1922–1924; Alfred Ravenscroft Kennedy, 1924–1929; Sir William Jowitt, 1929–1931) 1918–1931 |
Succeeded by Adrian Moreing and William Kirkpatrick |
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| Preceded by Montague Barlow |
Minister of Labour 1924 |
Succeeded by Arthur Steel-Maitland |
| Preceded by Laming Worthington-Evans |
Secretary of State for War 1929–1931 |
Succeeded by The Marquess of Crewe |
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