Alfred Short

Alfred Short (1882 – 24 August 1938, London) was a British trades unionist and Labour politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Wednesbury from 1918 to 1931, and for Doncaster from 1935 until 1938.

Alfred Short began his working life apprenticed to a boiler-maker at 5s. a week. He rose to become Secretary of the Sheffield Branch of the Boilermakers' Society from 1911 to 1919, and serve on Sheffield City Council from 1913 to 1919.[1] He was also Secretary of the National Union of Docks, Wharves and Shipping Staffs.[2] Elected an MP in 1918, Short continued other political activity: in 1922 he was chairman of the Management Committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions, and he was called to the Bar from Gray's Inn in 1923. He was Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department from 1929 to 1931. From 1931 to 1935, when he was out of the House of Commons, he worked for the Transport and General Workers' Union.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b 'Mr. A Short, M.P.', The Times, 25 August 1938
  2. ^ Debrett's House of Commons, 1922, p. 146

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Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byJohn Norton-Griffiths Member of Parliament for Wednesbury 1918–1931 Succeeded byViscount Ednam Preceded byHugh Molson Member of Parliament for Doncaster 1935–1938 Succeeded byJohn Morgan Political offices Preceded bySir Vivian Henderson Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department 1929–1931 Succeeded byHon. Oliver Stanley Trade union offices Preceded byCharles Ammon General Secretary of the National Union of Docks, Wharves and Shipping Staffs 1919 – 1922 Succeeded byPosition abolished Preceded byNew position National Secretary (Administrative, Clerical and Supervisory) of the Transport and General Workers' Union 1922–1923 Succeeded byArthur Creech-Jones Preceded byThomas Mallalieu Chairman of the General Federation of Trade Unions 1922 – 1924 Succeeded byFrederick W. Birchenough Preceded byR. Goaley National Secretary (Administrative, Clerical and Supervisory) of the Transport and General Workers' Union 1931–1935 Succeeded byC. E. Ackroyd


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