Percy F. Pollard

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Pollard addressing a demonstration in Chelmsford, in 1919

Percy Frederick Pollard (born 1892) was a

British socialist activist
.

Born in

Trades Council
from 1913 to 1914, and as its chair in 1919.

In 1919, Pollard began working as a full-time organiser for the

Railway Clerks' Association, and he also spent a period as editor of the Colchester Times.[1]

Pollard won election to Colchester Borough Council, but by 1931 he had moved to London to become the organising secretary of the Industrial Orthopaedic Society. He stood in Balham and Tooting at the 1931 United Kingdom general election, taking second place with 25.5% of the vote.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b The Labour Who's Who. London: Labour Publishing Company. 1924. p. 170.
  2. ^ "Ludlow by-election". 1923: 145. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ The Times House of Commons. London. 1929. p. 27. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Party political offices
Preceded by Eastern Division representative on the National Administrative Council of the Independent Labour Party
1922–1926
Succeeded by