He was born in Rochdale, the son of John and Mary (née Stott) Gill, and educated at St. Mary's Elementary School, Balderstone. He started work in a cotton mill at the age of 10, became an active campaigner for workers' rights and rose to be General Secretary of the Bolton Operative Spinners Association, a locally important trade union. He also served as a Justice of the Peace (JP) for Bolton from 1899.
In 1906 he entered Parliament as the junior MP for Bolton, one of the 29 original members of the Parliamentary Labour Party. Their victories in the polls were made possible by a deal with the Liberal Party whereby the Liberals would give up selected seats and support the Labour candidate instead. He subsequently held the seat, latterly as the senior MP, until his death from anaemia. Throughout his time in Parliament he fought for better health and safety in the workplace. At the time of his death he was vice-chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party.[2]
Grave of Alfred Gill, Heaton Cemetery, Bolton
He died in 1914 and is buried in Heaton Cemetery, Bolton. He had married Sarah Ellen Greenwood in Rochdale and had a son and four daughters.
alfred, henry, gill, december, 1856, august, 1914, english, labour, member, parliament, bolton, gill, 1900she, born, rochdale, john, mary, née, stott, gill, educated, mary, elementary, school, balderstone, started, work, cotton, mill, became, active, campaigne. Alfred Henry Gill 3 December 1856 27 August 1914 1 was an English Labour Member of Parliament for Bolton Gill in the mid 1900sHe was born in Rochdale the son of John and Mary nee Stott Gill and educated at St Mary s Elementary School Balderstone He started work in a cotton mill at the age of 10 became an active campaigner for workers rights and rose to be General Secretary of the Bolton Operative Spinners Association a locally important trade union He also served as a Justice of the Peace JP for Bolton from 1899 In 1906 he entered Parliament as the junior MP for Bolton one of the 29 original members of the Parliamentary Labour Party Their victories in the polls were made possible by a deal with the Liberal Party whereby the Liberals would give up selected seats and support the Labour candidate instead He subsequently held the seat latterly as the senior MP until his death from anaemia Throughout his time in Parliament he fought for better health and safety in the workplace At the time of his death he was vice chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party 2 Grave of Alfred Gill Heaton Cemetery BoltonHe died in 1914 and is buried in Heaton Cemetery Bolton He had married Sarah Ellen Greenwood in Rochdale and had a son and four daughters References edit Rochdale News Retrieved 24 April 2009 Hayworth Alan Chapter 6 Men Who Made Labour External links editHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by Alfred Henry GillParliament of the United KingdomPreceded byHerbert Shepherd CrossGeorge Harwood Member of Parliament for Bolton1906 1914 With George Harwood 1906 1912Thomas Taylor 1912 1914 Succeeded byRobert TootillThomas TaylorTrade union officesPreceded by General Secretary of the Bolton and District Operative Cotton Spinners Provincial Association1896 1914 Succeeded byPeter BulloughPreceded byD C Cummings President of the Trades Union Congress1907 Succeeded byDavid ShackletonPreceded byHerbert Skinner and John Wadsworth Trades Union Congress representative to the American Federation of Labour1909 With J R Clynes Succeeded byWilliam Brace and Ben Turner 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 nbsp This biographical article about a trade unionist in the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alfred Henry Gill amp oldid 1169619365, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
