James Haslam
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Before entering Parliament in 1906, Haslam had been a founder member[1] and served as a leading official of the Derbyshire Miners’ Association (DMA) since its inception some 30 years earlier. He was returned in 1906 as a Liberal candidate, but won the two General Elections of 1910 as a Labour candidate.[2]
He died in 1913 in Chesterfield aged 71.
He currently has a statue outside the former Miner's Offices on Saltergate at Chesterfield.
References
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- J. E. Williams, The Derbyshire Miners A Study in Industrial and Social History, 1962
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- 1842 births
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- Liberal-Labour (UK) MPs
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