- Robert Alstead
Robert Alstead (
23 October 1873 –9 September 1946 ) was a Liberal Party politician in theUnited Kingdom . He wasMember of Parliament (MP) for Altrincham from 1923 to 1924. He had 7 children, 6 boys and a girl.Son of a joiner & carpenter, he was a self-made businessman. He was a sauce and pickle manufacturer in the 1890s, then moved into the clothing trade, eventually owning a chain of shops tailoring for men in the Wigan area.
He unsuccessfully contested the Wigan constituency at the 1918 general election, and was defeated again in Altrincham at the 1923 general election.
Alstead won the Altrincham seat at the 1923 general election, defeating the Conservative Party MP Sir George Clements Hamilton, but lost it at the 1924 general election to the Conservative candidate,
Cyril Atkinson .He stood again in Altrincham in 1929, but did not contest the 1931 general election, when Atkinson was returned unopposed. He was a prospective candidate for Preston in 1935, but pulled out the month before the poll.
He received the
Order of the British Empire in the New Year's Honours List of 1939.Having been born in Upholland in 1873, he died at nearby Gathurst in 1946.
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