George Wardle
George James WardleCH(15 May 1865 – 18 June 1947) was a British politician.
Biography
[edit]He was born on 15 May 1865.
He was editor of theRailway Review[1]and, in 1906, was elected aLabourMember of Parliament forStockport.At the 1916 Labour Party conference, he made a speech which resulted in the conference passing resolutions as to the party stand onWorld War I,something the party leaderRamsay MacDonaldhad failed to establish.[1]He was a founding member of theOrder of the Companions of Honourin 1917, and between 1917 and 1919 he served asParliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade.Inthe 1918 General Electionhe successfully stood for election as aCoalition Labourcandidate. He resigned as a Member of Parliament on 9 March 1920 by becomingSteward of the Chiltern Hundreds.
He died on 18 June 1947.
References
[edit]- ^ab"British Laborites Put Loyalty First. Vote Overwhelmingly to Accept the Government's Military Service Bill"(PDF).The New York Times.27 January 1916.Retrieved5 January2009.
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