Robert Smillie

Robert Smillie
Robert Smillie in the early 1900s.
Member of Parliament
for Morpeth
In office
1923–1929
Preceded byJohn Cairns
Succeeded byEbby Edwards
Personal details
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Robert Smillie (17 March 1857 – 16 February 1940) was a Scottish trade unionist and Labour Party politician. He was a leader of the coal miners, and played a central role in moving support from the miners away from the Liberal Party to the Labour Party. He had a firm commitment to socialism as an ideal, and militancy as a tactic.

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