Arthur Gourd

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Arthur George Gourd (born 1870) was a British trade union leader.

Born in

Trades Council.[1][3]

Gourd's increased prominence led him to serve as secretary of the Admiralty Industrial Council, and then of the Miscellaneous Trades Joint Council. He also served on the WO Industrial Committee, and the Government Co-ordinating Committee.

Kingston.[4] At the 1922 United Kingdom general election, the union sponsored him as a candidate in Portsmouth Central; he took 21.4% of the vote, but only fourth place.[5]

In 1929, the Workers' Union merged into the Transport and General Workers' Union, for which Gourd continued working.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c The Labour Who's Who. London: Labour Publishing Company. 1927. p. 82.
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  3. ^ Hyman, Richard (1971). The Workers' Union. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 110.
  4. ^ "The Council of the Borough of Portsmouth (1921)". History in Portsmouth. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
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  6. ^ "[untitled article]". Engineering. 130: 359.
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