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John Mallinson

1860 – 1929

John Mallinson politician and a Trade unionist

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Lived 1860 – 1929 (aged 68–69). John Mallinson was a trade unionist.

John Mallinson (1860 – 12 January 1929) was a Scottish trade unionist and politician.

Mallinson worked as a cordwainer, and moved to Edinburgh in 1883. He took evening classes at Heriot-Watt College, and became active in the Edinburgh Cordwainers' Union. Although he held generally conservative views which were unpopular in the movement, his attention to detail and neutrality in chairing meetings were greatly valued, and he soon became a prominent figure.

By the 1890s, he was secretary of Edinburgh Trades Council. He was elected to Edinburgh City Council in 1893, only the second Liberal-Labour member of the council. When the Trades Union Congress (TUC) came to Edinburgh in 1896, he served as its President, However, when the STUC was actually established, he was unhappy with its structure, and unsuccessfully argued for a delay in creating it.

In 1908, Mallinson was appointed as Chief Attendance Officer to Edinburgh Council. He stood down from his trade union and political posts, but remained a magistrate. He died suddenly in 1929 while at work.

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