Sunday, 14 January 2018
1794 Sir Alfred Gelder
Constituency : Brigg 1910-18
Alfred reversed the 1907 by-election defeat at Brigg.
Alfred was the son of a joiner who later became a timber merchant. He started out as an apprentice to his father but later decided to become an architect. He established the practice of Gelder and Kitchen in Hull. He was largely responsible for the transformation of Hull into a modern city, clearing slums and erected public buildings. He was an expert in building flour mills and Methodist chapels. He was elected to Hull City Council in 1895. He was mayor of Hull from 1899 to 1903.He was a Methodist.
In 1918, Alfred came third behind a couponed Conservative and Labour.
Alfred later became an independent alderman respected by all parties.
He died in 1941 aged 86.
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