Alfred Henry Gill

rdf:langString Alfred Henry Gill

rdf:langString George Harwood 1906–1912

rdf:langString Thomas Taylor 1912–1914

rdf:langString Peter Bullough

rdf:langString William Brace and Ben Turner

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rdf:langString Herbert Skinner and John Wadsworth

rdf:langString Trades Union Congress representative to the American Federation of Labour

rdf:langString Member of Parliament for Bolton

rdf:langString General Secretary of the Bolton and District Operative Cotton Spinners' Provincial Association

rdf:langString Alfred Henry Gill (3 December 1856 – 27 August 1914) was an English Labour Member of Parliament for Bolton. He was born in Rochdale, the son of John and Mary (née Stott) Gill, and educated at St. Mary's Elementary School, Balderstone. He started work in a cotton mill at the age of 10, became an active campaigner for workers' rights and rose to be General Secretary of the Bolton Operative Spinners Association, a locally important trade union. He also served as a Justice of the Peace (JP) for Bolton from 1899. In 1906 he entered Parliament as the junior MP for Bolton, one of the 29 original members of the Parliamentary Labour Party. Their victories in the polls were made possible by a deal with the Liberal Party whereby the Liberals would give up selected seats and support the Labour candidate instead. He subsequently held the seat, latterly as the senior MP, until his death from anaemia. Throughout his time in Parliament he fought for better health and safety in the workplace. At the time of his death he was vice-chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party. He died in 1914 and is buried in Heaton Cemetery, Bolton. He had married Sarah Ellen Greenwood in Rochdale and had a son and four daughters.