Alfred Booth
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| Mayor of Bolton | |
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| Preceded by | Walter Wharton Tong |
| Succeeded by | James Bleakley |
| Member of Parliament for Bolton East | |
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| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Philip Bell |
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| Party | Labour |
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| Service | British Army |
Years of service | 1914–1918 |
| Unit | Lancashire Fusiliers |
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Alfred Booth (24 February 1893 – 19 December 1965) was a British Congregational lay preacher and politician.[1]
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]
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
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."BOOTH, Alderman Alfred". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 1920–2008. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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)
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