William Murdoch Adamson (1 January 1881 – 25 October 1945) was a British Labour politician.
He was a National Officer of the Transport and General Workers' Union. In 1902 he married Jennie Johnston, later Member of Parliament for Dartford and Bexley.
He was Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Cannock, in Staffordshire from 1922 to 1931 and from 1935 to 1945. He served in government as a Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury from 1941 to 1944.
References
- ^ "Members after 1832". membersafter1832.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- Silvester, Christopher (1996). The Literary Companion to Parliament. Sinclair-Stevenson. p. 521. ISBN 978-1-85619-460-0. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- Stenton, Michael (1976). Who's who of British Members of Parliament: 1919-1945. Harvester Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-391-00768-0. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- Addison, Henry Robert; Oakes, Charles Henry; Lawson, William John; Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton (1962). Who's who. A. & C. Black. p. 18. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- Dale, Iain; Smith, Jacqui (4 September 2018). The Honourable Ladies: Volume I: Profiles of Women MPs 1918–1996. Biteback Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78590-449-3. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
Married to: William Murdoch Adamson (m. 1902; d. 1945)
- "Mr William Adamson (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- Butler, David (1994). British political facts, 1900-1994. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-312-12147-1. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Adamson
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
---|---|---|
Preceded byJames Parker | Member of Parliament for Cannock 1922–1931 |
Succeeded bySarah Ward |
Preceded bySarah Ward | Member of Parliament for Cannock 1935–1945 |
Succeeded byJennie Lee |
This article about a Labour Party member of Parliament representing an English constituency is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |
- 1881 births
- 1945 deaths
- Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- Ministers in the Churchill wartime government, 1940–1945
- Transport and General Workers' Union-sponsored MPs
- UK MPs 1922–1923
- UK MPs 1923–1924
- UK MPs 1924–1929
- UK MPs 1929–1931
- UK MPs 1935–1945
- Workers' Union-sponsored MPs
- Labour MP for England stubs