Walter Halls (16 June 1871 – 20 October 1953) was a
British
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trade unionist
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and
politician
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.
Born in
Gaulby
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Histo ...
in
Leicestershire
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, Halls was educated locally before finding work on the railways. He became an active trade unionist, and was elected as an organiser of the
National Union of Railwaymen
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History
The NUR was an industrial union ...
in 1909. He was also active in the
Labour Party, standing unsuccessfully for it in
Northampton
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at the
1918 general election. He stood again in the
1921 Heywood and Radcliffe by-election, winning the seat, but lost it at the
1922 general election and again failed to win it in
1923. In
1931
Events
January
* January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics.
* January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa.
* January 22 – Sir I ...
, he stood instead in
Derby
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, but was once more unsuccessful.
[Michael Stenton and Stephen Lees, ''Who's Who of British MPs'', vol.3, p.147]
Halls also served on
Nottingham City Council
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, and was
Lord Mayor of Nottingham in 1940/41.
References
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1871 births
1953 deaths
Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
National Union of Railwaymen-sponsored MPs
Nottingham City Councillors
People from Harborough District
UK MPs 1918–1922