Joseph Toole (British politician)

Joseph Toole (1887 – 4 June 1945) was a British Labour politician.

Toole was born in 1887, and was the eldest of thirteen children. He began working at the age of 12 as a street scavenger in Manchester by day and as a newspaper vendor by night. He subsequently had various jobs, before establishing his own stationery business. He joined the Labour, and was elected to Manchester City Council in 1919.^[1]

In 1923 he was elected as Labour Member of Parliament for Salford South, unseating the sitting Conservative MP. In the following year another election was held, with the Conservatives regaining the seat. At the following election in 1929 Toole was able to regain Salford South for Labour. He was MP for two years before a swing against Labour at the 1931 general election cost him his seat. He stood again, without success, in 1935.^[1]

Toole returned to local government as an

Lord Mayor of the city in 1936/37.^[1]^[2]

In January 1944 Toole stood as an independent anti-government candidate at a

war-time electoral truce between the main political parties.^[3]

By the time of his death in June 1945, Toole had moved to Blackpool, where he operated a private hotel. He continued to be a member of Manchester City Council until his death.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Obituary: Mr J Toole". The Times. 6 June 1945. p. 7.
^ "Former Lord Mayors of Manchester (1892-Present)". Lord Mayor's Office. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
^ "The Second Common Wealth Win - 221 Majority At Skipton". The Times. 10 January 1944. p. 2.

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Joseph Toole

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Anderson Montague-Barlow	Member of Parliament for Salford South 1923 – 1924	Succeeded by Edmund Ashworth Radford
Preceded by Edmund Ashworth Radford	Member of Parliament for Salford South 1929 – 1931	Succeeded by John Joseph Stourton