Charles Duncan (politician)
| Charles Duncan | |
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Duncan in the mid 1900s
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| Member of the United Kingdom Parliament for Barrow-in-Furness |
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In office 1906–1918 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Charles Cayzer, 1st Baronet |
| Succeeded by | Robert Burton-Chadwick |
| Member of the United Kingdom Parliament for Clay Cross |
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In office 1922–1933 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Broad |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Henderson |
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8 June 1865 Middlesbrough, England |
| Died | 6 July 1933 (aged 68) Hampstead, London, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Profession | Engineer |
| Known for | Trade Unionism |
Charles Duncan (8 June 1865 – 6 July 1933) was a British Labour Party politician. He was General Secretary of the Workers' Union from 1900 to 1929. He was Member of Parliament for Barrow-in-Furness from 1906 to 1918, and Member of Parliament for Clay Cross from 1922 to 1933 (his death).
Duncan was born on 8 June 1865 in Middlesbrough, England. He was the son of a ship's pilot. He was apprenticed to the engineering industry, and Elswick Ordnance Factory, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Duncan joined Amalgamated Society of Engineers, and was active in the trade union movement for the rest of his life.
When the Workers Union was founded in 1898 by Tom Mann, Duncan was its first president. In 1900 he was elected secretary of the union, an office he held until 1929. In that year the Workers Uinion was merged into the Transport and General Workers' Union.
He was honorary president of the National Union of Police and Prison Officers which existed between 1913 and 1918. The police strikes in 1918 and 1919 resulted in the Police Act 1919 which banned police from joining a trade union and from striking.
Duncan began his political career as a local councillor. He was a member of Middlesbrough's town council from 1896 to 1900.
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