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About Robert Smillie
Robert Smillie 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.
Everything about Robert Smillie →- Occupation
- trade unionist, politician, union member
- Position held
- member of the 34th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 33rd Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 32nd Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- March 17, 1857
- Died
- February 16, 1940