John William Moor (born 1881) was a British socialist activist. Moor received an elementary education, then later attended the Diocesan Training College in

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, graduating in 1903. He became a schoolteacher in

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, where he joined the

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. However, he developed an interest in socialism, and defected to the Independent Labour Party (ILP) in 1907, immediately becoming honorary secretary of the local party. The ILP was affiliated to the Labour Party, and Moor was also secretary of the Rochdale Labour Party from 1908. Moor also joined the National Union of Teachers and in 1912 he became president of the Rochdale Teachers' Association. He served as an emergency Parliamentary agent for the Labour Party in the run-up to the

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, but then returned to teaching. After

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, he was elected as secretary of the Lancshire Divisional Council of the ILP, and also of its Rochdale Federation. From 1928 until 1931, he served as a nationally-elected member of the ILP's

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moor, John William 1881 births Year of death missing English trade unionists Independent Labour Party National Administrative Committee members People from Rochdale