Stanley Burgess

Stanley Burgess (5 December 1889^[1]^[2] – 2 June 1972)^[3] was a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician, sitting as MP for Rochdale 1922–23.

Politics

At 17, Burgess spoke at Independent Labour Party meetings then moved to the US where he joined Bill Haywood in Pittsburg in 1911 in a mining dispute.^[3] He was arrested under the Defence of the Realm Act 1914 for his part in leading a strike of Sheffield engineers in May 1917.^[3]

At the 1918 general election, Burgess stood unsuccessfully in the Leith constituency in Scotland. He was elected at the 1922 general election as Member of Parliament for Rochdale in Lancashire, but was defeated at the 1923 election. He did not stand for Parliament again, and returned to his role as a leading official of the Amalgamated Engineering Union.^{[citation needed]}

Early life and personal life

Burgess was born in Ipswich in 1889 to Richard John Burgess and left school at 13.^[3]^[4] In 1914 he married Ida, the daughter of Thomas Nicholson from Holmesfield, Derbyshire.^[4]

He died in Worcester, aged 82.^[2]

References

^ 1939 England and Wales Register
^ ^a ^b England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d The Labour who's who 1924: a biographical directory to the national and local leaders in the labour and co-operative movement. Labour Publishing Company, ltd. 1924. p. 26.
^ ^a ^b Stenton, Michael; Lees, Stephen (1981). Who's who of British members of parliament: a biographical dictionary of the House of Commons, based on annual volumes of Dod's 'parliamentary companion' and other sources. Harvester Press. p. 49. ISBN 9780391007680.

Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs