James Haslam

James Haslam MP

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 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.^[1]

He died in 1913 in Chesterfield aged 71.

He currently has a statue outside the former Miner’s Offices on Saltergate at Chesterfield.

References

^ 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
Preceded by Thomas Bayley	Member of Parliament for Chesterfield 1906–1913	Succeeded by Barnet Kenyon
Political offices
Preceded by New position	Secretary of the Derbyshire Miners' Association 1881–1913	Succeeded by W. E. Harvey
Preceded by David Shackleton	President of the Trades Union Congress 1910	Succeeded by William Mullin

Persondata
Name	Haslam, James
Alternative names
Short description	British politician
Date of birth	1 April 1842
Place of birth
Date of death	31 July 1913
Place of death