Samuel Perry (MP)

Samuel Frederick Perry (29 June 1877 – 19 October 1954), was a

Born in Stockport, Cheshire, Sam Perry began his education with a scholarship at the Stockport Grammar School but was forced to give up school at the age of ten when his father died, becoming a cotton spinner like his father. He became involved in the local co-operative movement with the Stockport Co-operative Society then Birkenhead and on the creation of the Co-operative Party in 1917 was appointed its first national secretary.

Appointment as the senior official in the Party brought Perry to London with nine-year-old Fred. The family lived on the co-operatively run Brentham Estate in Ealing, where Fred was able to use the tennis courts and cricket pitch. Sam Perry unsuccessfully contested the 2-member Stockport constituency at a by-election in 1920 and again at the subsequent 1922 general election.

Perry was elected at the

Perry continued as national secretary of the Co-operative Party until 1942. He died in Willesden aged 77.

References

• ISBN 0-900178-06-X
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• ISBN 978-0-9549161-4-5
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• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Samuel Perry

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