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James Keir Hardie (15 August 1856 – 26 September 1915) was a Scottish trade unionist and politician. He was a founder of the Labour Party, and was its first parliamentary leader from 1906 to 1908. Hardie was born in Newhouse, Lanarkshire.
J. Keir Hardie (born Aug. 15, 1856, Legbrannock, Lanark, Scot.—died Sept. 26, 1915, Glasgow) was a British labour leader, first to represent the workingman in Parliament as an Independent (1892) and first to lead the Labour Party in the House of Commons (1906).
Sep 25, 2015 · When James Keir Hardie died on 26 September 1915 he was reviled by much of the political establishment but the past 100 years have seen his reputation grow as the man who broke the mould of...
Keir Hardie was elected leader of the party in the House of Commons, but was not very good at dealing with internal rivalries and he resigned from the post in 1908.
James Keir Hardie, the founder of the Labour Party was born on the 15th August 1856 in Newhouse, Scotland. He became an important Scottish politician, a pioneer of socialism in the United Kingdom and an influential trade unionist.
James Keir Hardie, 59, journalist and MP, died on 26 September 1915 at 8 South Park Terrace in Glasgow. The entry in the statutory register for the district of Hillhead in...
Dec 27, 2022 · In a carriage towards the rear sat a man who, with the help of these supporters, was marking his exit from his own traditional Scottish roots and his entry into a promising wider world of proletarian politics. This was Keir Hardie, the new MP for West Ham South.
