George James Wardle CH (15 May 1865 – 18 June 1947) was a British politician.

Biography

He was born on 15 May 1865. He was editor of the ''Railway Review'' and, in 1906, was elected a

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Member of Parliament for

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. At the 1916 Labour Party conference, he made a speech which resulted in the conference passing resolutions as to the party stand on

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, something the party leader

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had failed to establish. He was a founding member of the

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in 1917, and between 1917 and 1919 he served as

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. In the 1918 General Election he successfully stood for election as a

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candidate. He resigned as a Member of Parliament on 9 March 1920 by becoming

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. He died on 18 June 1947.

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* 1865 births 1947 deaths Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants-sponsored MPs Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1906–1910 UK MPs 1910 UK MPs 1910–1918 UK MPs 1918–1922 Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour Coalition Labour MPs Chairs of the Labour Party (UK) Parliamentary Secretaries to the Board of Trade Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Stockport {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub