Aleksander Allila Explained

Aleksander Allila
Office1:Member of the Parliament of Finland
Constituency1:Uusimaa
Term Start1:1 May 1924
Term End1:1 September 1927
Birth Name:Aleksanteri Stepaninpoika Allinen
Birth Date:14 April 1890
Birth Place:Suistamo, Russian Empire
Party:Socialist Electoral Organisation of Workers and Smallholders

Aleksander Allila (born 14 April 1890) was a Finnish politician and member of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature. A member of the Socialist Electoral Organisation of Workers and Smallholders, he represented Uusimaa between May 1924 and September 1927.[1]

Biography

Allila was born on 14 April 1890 in Suistamo.[1] He worked as a painter in Suistamo until 1912 and in Helsinki from 1912.[1] Allila was imprisoned for political reasons in 1918 following the end of the Finnish Civil War.[1]

In January 1923 the Court of Appeal of Turku convicted Allila of three counts of inciting a crime in a speech he gave in the autumn of 1921.[2] He was sentenced to one month of imprisonment but the sentence was not implemented.[2] However, in the spring of 1926, whilst a serving Member of Parliament, he was sent to prison.[1] [2] He moved to the Soviet Union in 1932.[1] He was in a labour camp in Leningrad in 1933.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kansanedustajat: Aleksander Allila . . 12 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190315020001/https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/910256.aspx . 15 March 2019 . Helsinki, Finland . fi.
  2. Book: Saarela . Tauno . Suomalainen kommunismi ja vallankumous 1923–1930 . Finnish communism and revolution 1923–1930 . 2008 . . Helsinki, Finland . 978-952-222-051-6 . 426 . 12 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220420034449/https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/182957 . 20 April 2022 . fi.