Booth served with the Lancashire Fusiliers during World War I. In 1933, he was elected to Bolton Borough Council, and he was Mayor of Bolton in 1941–42. He was also vice-president of the Cremation Society, and chair of the Bolton National Savings Committee.[2]
alfred, booth, british, businessman, shipowner, alfred, allen, booth, february, 1893, december, 1965, british, congregational, preacher, politician, mayor, boltonin, office, 1941, 1942preceded, bywalter, wharton, tongsucceeded, byjames, bleakleymember, parliam. For the British businessman and shipowner see Alfred Allen Booth Alfred Booth 24 February 1893 19 December 1965 was a British Congregational lay preacher and politician 1 Alfred BoothMayor of BoltonIn office 1941 1942Preceded byWalter Wharton TongSucceeded byJames BleakleyMember of Parliamentfor Bolton EastIn office 23 February 1950 25 October 1951Preceded byConstituency createdSucceeded byPhilip BellPersonal detailsBorn 1893 02 24 24 February 1893Died19 December 1965 1965 12 19 aged 72 Political partyLabourMilitary serviceAllegiance United KingdomServiceBritish ArmyYears of service1914 1918UnitLancashire FusiliersBooth served with the Lancashire Fusiliers during World War I In 1933 he was elected to Bolton Borough Council and he was Mayor of Bolton in 1941 42 He was also vice president of the Cremation Society and chair of the Bolton National Savings Committee 2 Booth was elected as the Labour Member of Parliament MP for Bolton East in 1950 but lost the seat in 1951 and failed to retake it in 1955 2 1 3 References edit a b BOOTH Alderman Alfred Who Was Who A amp C Black 1920 2008 Retrieved 8 February 2011 a b Stenton Michael Lees Stephen 1981 Who s Who of British Members of Parliament Vol IV Brighton Harvester Press p 32 Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with B part 4 External links editHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by Alfred BoothParliament of the United KingdomNew constituency Member of Parliament for Bolton East1950 1951 Succeeded byPhilip Bell nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a Labour Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom MP representing an English constituency is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alfred Booth amp oldid 1177786788, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
