Albert Davies (politician) explained

Albert Edward Davies (30 May 1900 – 19 January 1953)^[1] was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Born 30 May 1900 in the Smallthorne area of Stoke-on-Trent and he started work aged 14 on the railway.^[2] He continued as a clerk at the railway until he was elected at the 1945 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Burslem division of Stoke-on-Trent.^[3]

The Burslem seat was abolished for the 1950 general election, when Davies was re-elected for the new Stoke-on-Trent North constituency, and held that seat until his death in 1953.^[4]

Davies was on his way to Jamaica as member of a delegation from the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association on board the SS Bayano when he died, aged 52, and was buried at sea.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: House of Commons constituencies beginning with B (part 6) . Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages . 2009-03-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090810231313/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Bcommons6.htm . 10 August 2009 . usurped . dmy-all .
2. "Mr. A. E. Davies." Times [London, England] 21 Jan. 1953: 10. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 28 Apr. 2013.
3. Book: Craig , F. W. S. . F. W. S. Craig

   . F. W. S. Craig . British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 . 1969 . 3rd . 1983 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-06-X.

4. Web site: House of Commons constituencies beginning with S (part 5) . Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages . 2009-03-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090810231519/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Scommons5.htm . 10 August 2009 . usurped . dmy-all .
5. "M.P.'s Death At Sea." Times [London, England] 21 Jan. 1953: 8. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 28 Apr. 2013.