Sir Benjamin Smith (29 January 1879 – 5 May 1964) was a Labour Party politician in England.
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A driver of one of London's first taxicabs,[1] Smith became the first organiser for the London Cab Drivers' Union.[2] He was national organiser of the Transport and General Workers' Union from its formation in 1922 until he was elected to Parliament in 1923. He was sworn in as a member of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council in 1943. This gave him the honorific title "The Right Honourable" for life.
Smith was member of Parliament (MP) for Rotherhithe from 1923 until 1931 and from 1935 until 1946. He served as Minister of Food in the 1945 Attlee ministry until his resignation in May 1946 to become chairman of West Midlands Coal Board.
References
edit- ^ "The Taxi-Driver M.P.— Labour's New M.P.", Daily Herald (London), March 14, 1924, p.4
- ^ Marsh, Arthur; Ryan, Victoria (1987). Historical Directory of Trade Unions. Vol. 3. Aldershot: Gower Publishing Company. pp. 230–240. ISBN 0566021625.
External links
edit- "The New Cabinet". Time. 13 August 1945.
- "Sir Ben's Battle". Time. 18 February 1946.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Ben Smith
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