Alfred Booth | |
Term Start: | 1941 |
Term End: | 1942 |
Predecessor: | Walter Wharton Tong |
Successor: | James Bleakley |
Parliament: | United Kingdom |
Term Start1: | 23 February 1950 |
Term End1: | 25 October 1951 |
Predecessor1: | Constituency created |
Birth Date: | 1893 2, df=yes |
Branch Label: | Service |
Serviceyears: | 1914–1918 |
Alfred Booth (24 February 1893 – 19 December 1965) was a British Congregational lay preacher and politician.[1]
Booth served with the Lancashire Fusiliers during World War I. In 1933, he was elected to Bolton Borough Council, and he was Mayor of Bolton in 1941–42. He was also vice-president of the Cremation Society, and chair of the Bolton National Savings Committee.[2]
Booth was elected as the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolton East in 1950, but lost the seat in 1951, and failed to retake it in 1955.[1]