Educated to secondary school level, Hutchinson became active in the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, and was first elected to its Executive Council in 1913. The following year, he was also elected to the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party, becoming its chairman in 1920. He stood for the party in Bolton at the 1924 general election, but was not successful.[2]
In 1925, Hutchinson was elected to London County Council in Woolwich East, although he did not defend his seat at the following election. From 1930 to 1933, he was President of the renamed Amalgamated Engineering Union, and he served the union until his retirement in 1943. He then briefly worked as an organiser for the Industrial Orthopaedic Society, before retiring fully in 1946.[2]
william, harold, hutchinson, april, 1878, 1965, british, trade, unionist, labour, party, activist, hutchinson, 1920, educated, secondary, school, level, hutchinson, became, active, amalgamated, society, engineers, first, elected, executive, council, 1913, foll. William Harold Hutchinson 25 April 1878 1 19 May 1965 was a British trade unionist and Labour Party activist Hutchinson in 1920 Educated to secondary school level Hutchinson became active in the Amalgamated Society of Engineers and was first elected to its Executive Council in 1913 The following year he was also elected to the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party becoming its chairman in 1920 He stood for the party in Bolton at the 1924 general election but was not successful 2 Unusually for a trade union official Hutchinson was a supporter of guild socialism 3 and was close to G D H Cole and the Fabian Society 4 In 1925 Hutchinson was elected to London County Council in Woolwich East although he did not defend his seat at the following election From 1930 to 1933 he was President of the renamed Amalgamated Engineering Union and he served the union until his retirement in 1943 He then briefly worked as an organiser for the Industrial Orthopaedic Society before retiring fully in 1946 2 He died in Cardiff aged 87 5 References edit 1939 England and Wales Register a b HUTCHINSON William H Who Was Who Ed Norman Mackenzie The Letters of Sidney and Beatrice Webb Volume III p 91 Margaret Cole The Story of Fabian Socialism p 181 England amp Wales Civil Registration Death Index 1916 2007 Party political offices Preceded byJohn McGurk Chair of the Labour Party1919 1920 Succeeded byAlexander Gordon Cameron Trade union offices Preceded byJames Thomas Brownlie President of the Amalgamated Engineering Union1930 1933 Succeeded byJohn C Little Preceded byArthur Deakin and Robert Openshaw Trades Union Congress representative to the American Federation of Labour1948 With Herbert Bullock Succeeded byLincoln Evans and Tom Williamson Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Harold Hutchinson amp oldid 1040344764, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
