James Haslam

James Haslam

:"For the James Haslam who founded Pilot Corporation, see James Haslam Jr."James Haslam (April 1, 1842 – July 31, 1913) was a British politician, representing Chesterfield as an MP from 1906 to 1913

Before entering Parliament in 1906, Haslam had 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.

He died in 1913 in Chesterfield aged 71.

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

References

*J. E. Williams, "The Derbyshire Miners A Study in Industrial and Social History", 1962


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