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William Gillis (10 November 1859 – 18 September 1929) was a British Labour politician who served as an MP between 1918 and 1922.
Born on a ship in the
William Gillis (10 November 1859 – 18 September 1929) was a British Labour politician who served as an MP between 1918 and 1922.
Born on a ship in the Black Sea
The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Roma ...
, Gillis grew up in Gressenhall
Gressenhall is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.
The villages name origin is uncertain possibly 'Grassy nook of land' or 'gravelly nook of land'.
It covers an area of and had a population of 1,008 in 443 households ...
in Norfolk
Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...
. He moved to the West Riding of Yorkshire
The West Riding of Yorkshire is one of three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England. From 1889 to 1974 the administrative county County of York, West Riding (the area under the control of West Riding County Council), abbreviated County ...
and became active in the Yorkshire Miners' Association
The Yorkshire Miners' Association was a British trade union. It is now an integral part of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM).
History
The union was founded in 1881 with the merger of the South Yorkshire Miners' Association, and the ...
(YMA) and the Labour Party. He was elected to Hoyland Nether
Hoyland is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. The town developed from the hamlets of Upper Hoyland, Hoyland and Hoyland Common.
The town has also been known as ''Nether Hoyland''. That name was given t ...
Urban District Council
In England and Wales, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected urban district council (UDC), which shared local gove ...
and served for a time as its chairman. He stood in the 1921 Penistone by-election
The 1921 Penistone by-election was a by-election held on 5 March 1921 for the British House of Commons United Kingdom constituencies, constituency of Penistone (UK Parliament constituency), Penistone in Yorkshire.
Vacancy
The seat had become vaca ...
, gaining the seat for Labour, but was defeated at the 1922 general election, and did not stand again. Following his stint in Parliament, he worked for the YMA and became a magistrate
The term magistrate is used in a variety of systems of governments and laws to refer to a civilian officer who administers the law. In ancient Rome, a '' magistratus'' was one of the highest ranking government officers, and possessed both judici ...
.Michael Stenton and Stephen Lees, ''Who's Who of British Members of Parliament'', vol.3, p.128
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