George Isaacs
George Isaacs Edward Anthony Strauss | |
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| Member of Parliament for Gravesend | |
| In office 6 December 1923 – 9 October 1924 | |
| Preceded by | Alexander Richardson |
| Succeeded by | Irving Albery |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 May 1883 Finsbury, London |
| Died | 26 April 1979 (aged 95) |
| Political party | Labour |
George Alfred Isaacs
DL (28 May 1883 – 26 April 1979) was a British politician and trades unionist who served in the government of Clement Attlee
.
Isaacs was born in
General Secretary of the National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants (NATSOPA) from 1909. This post, which he held for forty years, also took him onto the General Council of the Trades Union Congress. He was also active in the Labour Party
.
He became involved in local politics in
Jimmy Thomas, who was Secretary of State for the Colonies
.
In the 1924 election Isaacs lost his seat, but when in 1927 the sitting Labour MP for Southwark North resigned after leaving the party, he was the natural choice to be the new candidate. However Isaacs failed to take the seat in the byelection and had to wait until the 1929 general election to return to Parliament. Thomas, now Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, reappointed him as Parliamentary Private Secretary.
When Thomas joined
Royal Commission
on Workmen's Compensation in 1938. In 1945 he was President of the World Trade Union Conference.
After the MP for Southwark North died in 1939, Isaacs was finally able to regain the seat. When Labour formed the government after the
demobilisation
of the wartime British Armed Forces. Following the arrival at London of the troopship Windrush in 1948, carrying about 500 Jamaican men said to be seeking work, Isaacs stated to Members of Parliament:
- "I don't know who sent these men ... it is bound to result in difficulties ... we can give no assurances that they can be found suitable work. I hope no encouragement will be given to others to follow them."[1]
From January 1951 he was
Justice of the Peace
. He was eventually Chairman of the Surrey Bench of Magistrates.
References
- ^ Daily Express, London newspaper, 9 June 1948.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by George Isaacs
- Newspaper clippings about George Isaacs in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW
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