Albert Edward Davies (30 May 1900 – 19 January 1953) was a Labour Party politician in the

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. Born 30 May 1900 in the

Smallthorne Smallthorne (population: 5,827 – 2011 Census) is an area in the city of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England. It is in the north-east of the city, near Burslem. Smallthorne borders Bradeley and Chell, Staffordshire, Chell in the north, Nort ...

area of Stoke-on-Trent and he started work aged 14 on the railway."Mr. A. E. Davies." Times ondon, England21 Jan. 1953: 10. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 28 Apr. 2013. He continued as a clerk at the railway until he was elected at the

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(MP) for the Burslem division of

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. The Burslem seat was abolished for the 1950 general election, when Davies was re-elected for the new Stoke-on-Trent North constituency, and held that seat until his death in 1953. Davies was on his way to Jamaica as member of a delegation from the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association on board the SS Bayano when he died, aged 52, and was buried at sea."M.P.'s Death At Sea." Times ondon, England21 Jan. 1953: 8. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 28 Apr. 2013.

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