James Haslam

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James Haslam
File:James Haslam by Trevor Haddon.jpg
Member of Parliament
for Chesterfield
Preceded byAlfred Barnes

James Haslam (1 April 1842 – 31 July 1913) was a British politician, representing Chesterfield as an MP from 1906 to 1913

Before entering Parliament in 1906, Haslam had been a founder member[1] and served as a leading official of the Derbyshire Miners’ Association (DMA) since its inception some 30 years earlier. He was returned in 1906 as a Liberal candidate, but won the two General Elections of 1910 as a Labour candidate.[2]

He died in 1913 in Chesterfield aged 71.

He currently has a statue outside the former Miner's Offices on Saltergate at Chesterfield.

References

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  1. ^ painting, Haddon, BBC, retrieved 28 July 2014
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  • J. E. Williams, The Derbyshire Miners A Study in Industrial and Social History, 1962
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