James Welsh

Details

Born:

c. 1 January 1880

Died:

4 November 1954

Birth place:

UK

Gender:

Male

Ethnicity:

Unknown

Religion:

Unknown

Aristocratic connections:

false

Formative occupation:

Miner

Election occupation:

Trade Union official

Parentage:

William Welsh, miner, of Haywood, Lanarkshire

Notes:

Middle initial 'C' does not stand for a name; he adopted this as an author's name and to distinguish himself from another MP of the same name.

Knighthood/Dame:

False

Highest Office:

PPS

Who's Who volume:

3

Education level:

Elementary

References

Rush ID:

9176

MNIS ID:

Not set

Wikidata Entity ID:

Q6130821

Parliament ID:

Not set

Beamish Person ID:

Not set

1. WELSH, James (1880-1954)

1. Bothwell

   Party:	Labour
   Year of election:	1935
   Date of election:	14 November 1935
   Nature of election:	General election
   Nature of service:	Re-entry
   Year of exit:	1945
   Date of exit:	5 July 1945
   Party:	Labour
   Nature of exit:	Retirement
   Sponsorship:	None known
   Constituency connections:	Area
   Notes:	None

2. Coatbridge

   Party:	Labour
   Year of election:	1922
   Date of election:	15 November 1922
   Nature of election:	General election
   Nature of service:	First entry
   Year of exit:	1931
   Date of exit:	27 October 1931
   Party:	Labour
   Nature of exit:	Electoral defeat
   Sponsorship:	DLP
   Constituency connections:	Area
   Notes:	None

1. Lanark

   Connection with constituency:	None known
   Year of election:	1918
   Date of election:
   Nature of election:	General election
   Party:	Labour
   Notes:

1. PPS 1931

   to W. Adamson, as Secretary of State for Scotland.

1. Hunter, Elizabeth

   Year: 1905

1. Labour Party member

1. Miners Federation of Great Britain officer

   Executive member 1923

2. Lanarkshire Miners' County Union member