Saturday, 14 April 2018
1883 Edward Smallwood
Constituency : Islington East 1917-18
Edward took over at Islington East following the death of George Radford. He had to defeat an independent and a National Party candidate.
Edward was educated at Doncaster Grammar School. He became a coal merchant. He was a Progressive councillor from 1910. He was a committed sabbatarian.
Having lost both his sons in the war, Edward's maiden speech was a bitter condemnation of the shortcomings of the War Office.
Edward supported Asquith and was defeated by a couponed Conservative in 1918, coming second.
Edward then became the first President of the Coal Miners Federation of Great Britain, a post he held for three years.
Edward contested East Ham South in 1922 and 1923, both times coming second to Labour.
Edward became chairman of the Society of Coal Merchants, London in 1931.
He died in 1939 aged 77.
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