James Haslam

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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

  1. 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

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Thomas Bayley
Member of Parliament for Chesterfield
19061913
Succeeded by
Barnet Kenyon
Political offices
Preceded by
New position
Secretary of the Derbyshire Miners' Association
18811913
Succeeded by
W. E. Harvey
Preceded by
David Shackleton
President of the Trades Union Congress
1910
Succeeded by
William Mullin


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