James Morrow (trade unionist)

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James Morrow (July 1904 – 1986) was an Irish trade unionist and politician.

Morrow grew up in Belfast, and studied at the . He became active in the Northern Ireland Labour Party and served as its chairman in 1949/50. He worked as an organiser for the Amalgamated Engineering Union,[1] and in 1970 he served as President of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions.[2]

Morrow contested Belfast South in the 1945 UK general election, taking 17.5% of the vote,[3] then in Belfast North, at the 1951 general election, where he took 39.3%.[4] He came closest to election in Belfast Duncairn at the 1945 Northern Ireland general election, taking 45.5% of the vote, but his share dropped to 16.9% in 1949, and recovered only slightly at a by-election held later in the year.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ The Times House of Commons 1951, p.206
  2. ^ Donal Nevin et al, Trade Union Century, p.439
  3. ^ F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 – 1949
  4. ^ F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950 – 1970
  5. ^ Northern Ireland Parliamentary Elections Results: Boroughs: Belfast
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