Fred Marshall (British politician)
Fred Marshall (1883 – November 1962) was a British politician.
Born in South Anston, England, Marshall, a wagon builder by trade, was elected as a Labour Party member of Sheffield City Council in 1919, serving as Lord Mayor of Sheffield in 1933/4. He entered Parliament by winning the 1930 Sheffield Brightside by-election, but lost the seat at the following year's general election.
Marshall was re-elected, again for Sheffield Brightside, at the 1935 general election. He was also elected as Chairman of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers, and from 1945 until 1947, served as the . Marshall stood down from Parliament in 1950.
References[]
- Michael Stenton and Stephen Lees, Who's Who of British MPs: Volume III, 1919-1945
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Fred Marshall
Categories:
- 1883 births
- 1962 deaths
- British trade unionists
- GMB (trade union)-sponsored MPs
- Lord Mayors of Sheffield
- Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- Ministers in the Attlee governments, 1945–1951
- Presidents of the GMB (trade union)
- UK MPs 1929–1931
- UK MPs 1935–1945
- UK MPs 1945–1950