Constituency : Wallsend 1918-22 ( NDP ), 1922
Matthew stood for Wallsend in 1918, ousting the Tyneside MP J M Robertson whom he pushed into third.
Matthew was a miner's son and a trade unionist. He worked as a draper in the Co-Operative Society. He was a friend of Hardie and an organiser for the I.L.P. in the northeast. He edited the journal
Northern Democrat .
Matthew came fourth in 1922 with a derisory 6 % of the vote.
He died in 1928 aged 59.
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