1516 Frederick Hall

Constituency : Normanton 1905-09, 1909-33  ( Labour )

Frederick  took  over  at  Normanton  after  the  death  of  William  Parrott. Like  Parrott  he  was  a  Liberal-Labour  candidate. He  was  unopposed.

Frederick  had  started  working  in  the  mines  at  9  and  was  self-taught. In  1878  he  became  Treasurer  of  the  Yorkshire  Miners  Association. He  sat  on  West  Riding  County  Council  and  was  a  Grand  Master  of  the  Oddfellows.

In  1909  Frederick  obeyed  the  instruction  by  the  MFGB  to  take  the  Labour  whip.  He  was  a  reluctant  convert  and omitted  the  word  "Labour"  from  his  election  address in  1910.  The  local  Liberals  did  not  contest  the  seat  until  1974

In  1918  Frederick  was  endorsed  by  the  Coalition  government  and  elected  unopposed. He  was  opposed  by  a  National  Liberal  in  1922.

In  1924  Frederick  became  a  Labour  whip.

Despite  his  longevity  as  an  MP , Frederick  rarely  spoke in  the  Commons. and  restricted  himself  to  questions.

He  died  in  1933  aged  78.

Frederick  is  the  last  of  the  by-election  victors  of  1900-05. Now  we  look  at  those  who  came  in  at  the  1906  election  and  there's  a  lot  of  them.