John Hogan Jenkins
Jenkins in the mid 1900s
John Hogan Jenkins (1852 – 1936) was a Welsh trade unionist. A shipwright by trade, he was born in Pembroke Dock but spent most of his life in Cardiff.[1] He was firstly a Liberal-Labour and then Labour Party[2][3] politician.
Jenkin was President of the Trades Union Congress in 1895.[1][4]
He was elected at the 1906 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chatham in Kent,[5] but was defeated at the January 1910 election by the Conservative Party candidate. He did not stand for Parliament again.[5]
References
- 1 2 J. H. Stewart Reid. The Origins of the British Labour Party. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. p. 81. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
- ↑ Morgan, Kenneth O. "Labour's Early Struggles in South Wales: Some New Evidence, 1900-8". National Library of Wales journal. 1972, Winter Volume XVII/4. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
- ↑ Craig lists Jenkins as a Labour Party candidate in 1906. The 1907 Liberal Party Yearbook lists him as LRC (Labour), as does the Labour Annual of 1908. Kenneth O Morgan describes him as Liberal-Labour before he stood for election in 1906.
- ↑ "Details of Past Congresses" (PDF). TUC. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
- 1 2 Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 94. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Jenkins
| Trade union offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Frank Delves |
President of the Trades Union Congress 1895 |
Succeeded by John Mallinson |
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by Horatio Davies |
Member of Parliament for Chatham 1906 – January 1910 |
Succeeded by Gerald Hohler |
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