About Alfred Booth
Lived 1893 – 1965 (aged 72). Alfred Booth was a British politician.
Alfred Booth (24 February 1893 – 19 December 1965) was a British Congregational lay preacher and politician.
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.
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.
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Who was Alfred Booth?
British politician and lay preacher (1893-1965)
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Alfred Booth was born on 24 February 1893 in Bolton.
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Alfred Booth died on 19 December 1965.
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Alfred Booth was a politician.
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