Typographical Association
Predecessor | National Typographical Association |
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Merged into | National Graphical Association |
Founded | 1848 |
Dissolved | 1964 |
Headquarters | Beechwood, Oak Drive, Fallowfield, Manchester |
Location |
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Members | 38,277 (1939)[1] |
Publication | Typographical Circular |
Affiliations | TUC, ITUC, P&KTF, IGF, Labour |
The Typographical Association (TA) was a
History
The
Based in Manchester, the union focussed on demanding members serve a seven-year apprenticeship. In 1894, it began admitting women. In the 1910s, the Association established a branch in London, but the Trades Union Congress instituted arbitration which restricted it from a fifteen-mile radius of central London, the rival London Society of Compositors having rights to organise in the city.[citation needed]
By 1946, membership had reached 13,958.
Election results
The union sponsored Labour Party candidates in several Parliamentary elections, many of whom won election.
Election | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1906 general election |
Norwich | George Henry Roberts |
11,059 | 37.5 | 1 |
1910 Jan general election |
Norwich | George Henry Roberts |
11,159 | 28.7 | 2 |
1910 Dec general election |
Norwich | George Henry Roberts |
10,003 | 35.8 | 2 |
1917 by-election | Norwich | George Henry Roberts |
unopposed | N/A | 1 |
1918 general election |
West Bromwich | Frederick Roberts |
11,572 | 54.0 | 1 |
1922 general election |
Buckingham | Owen Connellan | 7,343 | 26.3 | 2 |
West Bromwich | Frederick Roberts |
14,210 | 50.6 | 1 | |
1923 general election |
West Bromwich | Frederick Roberts |
12,910 | 44.8 | 1 |
1924 general election |
West Bromwich | Frederick Roberts |
15,384 | 51.6 | 1 |
1929 general election |
West Bromwich | Frederick Roberts |
19,621 | 52.1 | 1[3] |
1931 general election |
West Bromwich | Frederick Roberts |
17,204 | 44.4 | 2[4] |
1935 general election |
Blackburn | George Henry Walker |
34,423 | 23.8 | 4[5] |
West Bromwich | Frederick Roberts |
19,113 | 51.3 | 1[5] | |
1945 general election |
Bristol South | William Wilkins | 24,929 | 58.8 | 1[6] |
Rossendale | George Henry Walker |
15,741 | 43.6 | 1[6] | |
1950 general election |
Bristol South | William Wilkins | 23,456 | 59.9 | 1[7] |
Woodford | Seymour Hills | 18,740 | 30.0 | 2[7] | |
1951 general election |
Bristol South | William Wilkins | 24,444 | 63.3 | 1[8] |
1955 general election |
Bristol South | William Wilkins | 24,954 | 64.1 | 1[9] |
1959 general election |
Bristol South | William Wilkins | 27,010 | 60.8 | 1[10] |
In both the 1910 elections, Roberts was elected by taking second place in a two-seat constituency.
Leadership
General Secretaries
- 1849: Josephus Speak
- 1865: Henry Roberts
- 1869: Henry Slatter
- 1897: Richard Hackett
- 1900: A. W. Jones
- 1900: Herbert Skinner
- 1934: John Fletcher
- 1942: Harry Riding
- 1955: F. C. Blackburn
- 1957: John Bonfield
General Presidents
- 1852: William Dronfield
- 1855:
- 1886: Owen Connellan
- 1888: Daniel Bird
- 1889:
- 1891: Richard Hackett
- 1892:
- 1893: Richard Hackett
- 1897:
- 1899: O. Waddington
- 1902: H. Matthewman
- 1908: John H. Boothman
- 1913: Jimmy French
- 1934: Hugh Inglis
- 1949: F. C. Blackburn
- 1955: John Bonfield
- 1957: Fred Simmons
References
- Arthur Marsh, Victoria Ryan and John B. Smethurst, Historical Directory of Trade Unions
- Albert Edward Musson, The Typographical Association: Origins and History Up to 1949
- Specific
- ^ Musson, A. E. (1954). The Typographical Association. London: Oxford University Press. p. 351.
- ^ Labour Party, Report of the Forty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, p.78
- ^ "List of Labour Candidates and Election Results, May 30th, 1929". Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party: 24–44. 1929.
- ^ "List of Endorsed Labour Candidates and Election Results, October 27, 1931". Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party: 11–27. 1931.
- ^ a b "List of Endorsed Labour Candidates and Election Results, November 14, 1935". Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party: 8–23. 1935.
- ^ a b Labour Party, Report of the Forty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.232-248
- ^ a b "List of Parliamentary Labour candidates and election results, February 23rd, 1950". Report of the Forty-Ninth Annual Conference of the Labour Party: 179–198. 1950.
- ^ "List of Parliamentary Labour candidates and election results, 25th October, 1951". Report of the Fiftieth Annual Conference of the Labour Party: 184–203. 1951.
- ^ Labour Party, Report of the Fifty-Fourth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.255-275
- ^ Labour Party, Report of the Fifty-Eighth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.179-201
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