Wright Robinson
Wright Robinson (1876 – 1961) was a British trade unionist and politician.
Born in
In 1911, Robinson was elected to Blackburn council, then in 1913, he became the ILP's Liverpool organiser. He returned to Manchester in 1917, when he began working for the National Union of Warehouse and General Workers. In 1919, he was elected to Manchester City Council, representing Beswick, then later became an alderman. In 1921, his union became part of the new National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers (NUDAW), with Robinson remaining an organiser.[1][2]
Robinson moved to
Lord Mayor of Manchester. During World War II, he promoted co-operation with the Soviet Union. He was rumoured to have rejected a seat in the House of Lords in 1945. Wright Robinson College in Gorton and Wright Robinson Hall (on the UMIST site in Manchester) were named after him.[1][3][4]
References
- ^ a b c McHugh, Declan (2001). A 'Mass' Party Frustrated? The Development of the Labour Party in Manchester, 1918-31 (PDF). Salford: European Studies Research Institute, University of Salford.
- ^ a b The Labour Who's Who. London: Labour Publishing Company. 1927.
- ^ "Death of Alderman Wright Robinson". The New Dawn. 1960.
- ^ "Former Lord Mayors of Manchester (1892-Present)". Manchester City Council. Retrieved 23 November 2020.