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Peter Joseph Tevenan (20 June 1857 – 11 April 1943) was an Irish-British trade unionist and politician.

Born in County Galway, Tevenan moved with his family to Liverpool when he was a young child.[1] The family then settled in Chesterfield, Derbyshire where he worked first making pottery, then spent time as a miner, before finding work on the railways. Initially, he was a porter, then plate-layer, before becoming a signalman, and finally a station-master.[2]

A supporter of

Kingston-upon-Hull, one in 1890 among goodsworkers, and one in 1892 involving dockers.[1] He became secretary of the union's operations in Ireland, and in 1896 convinced the Irish Trades Union Congress (ITUC) to convene a committee, chaired by himself, to consider whether a national federation of trade unions could be established.[1] In 1900 and 1901, Tevenan served as treasurer of the ITUC.[3]

After spending a period as an insurance agent and running to become an elected auditor in Stockport,[4] in 1905 he found work as joint organiser of the Municipal Employees' Association (MEA),[5] later becoming the union's North East District Secretary.[2]

In 1906, Tevenan fell out with the MEA's general secretary,

National Union of Corporation Workers, while Tevenan was reinstated.[6]

In 1913, Tevenan was elected as general secretary of the MEA.

National Union of General and Municipal Workers in 1924. The MEA merged into the new union, and Tevenan served as one of its first two joint assistant general secretaries,[2] and head of its municipal department.[8]

Tevenan was active in the Labour Party. At the 1918 United Kingdom general election, he stood as its candidate in Liverpool Edge Hill, taking second place with 36.2% of the vote.[9][10] In 1924/25, he served on the party's National Executive Committee.[11]

Tevenan retired in 1932 and died on 11 April 1943, at the age of 85.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Barrow, Logie; Bullock, Ian (1996). Democratic Ideas and the British Labour Movement, 1880-1914. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 94.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Obituary: Mr Peter Tevenan". Annual Report of the 1943 Trades Union Congress: 158.
  3. ^ Nevin, Donal (1994). Trade Union Century. p. 441.
  4. ^ "[untitled article]". Manchester Guardian. 24 September 1904.
  5. ^ Clegg, Hugh Armstrong (1964). General Union in a Changing Society. Oxford: Blackwell. p. 60.
  6. ^ Bernard Dix and Stephen Williams, Serving the Public: Building the Union, pp.42-208
  7. ISBN 9781901268614
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  8. ^ Clegg, Hugh Armstrong (1964). General Union in a Changing Society. Oxford: Blackwell. p. 110.
  9. ^ "Coalition Troubles". Manchester Guardian. 20 November 1918.
  10. ISBN 9781349814695
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  11. ^ "Labour Party's New Executive". The Times. 15 October 1924.
Trade union offices
Preceded by
J. H. Jolly
 Treasurer of the Irish Trades Union Congress
1900–1901 		Succeeded by
Alex Taylor
Preceded by General Secretary of the Municipal Employees' Association
1913–1924 		Succeeded by
Position abolished
Preceded by
New position
 President of the
International Secretariat of the Workers in Public Services

1920–1932 		Succeeded by
Charles Dukes
Preceded by
New position
 Assistant General Secretary of the
National Union of General and Municipal Workers
1924–1932
With: Ralph Spence
 Succeeded by
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