Agnes Hardie

Agnes Agnew Hardie (née Pettigrew; 6 September 1874 – 24 March 1951[1]) was a British Labour politician.

For the Labour Party councillor and daughter of Keir Hardie, see Nan Hardie.

Agnes Hardie

CBE
Member of Parliament
for Glasgow Springburn
In office
7 September 1937 – 4 July 1945
Prime MinisterStanley Baldwin
Preceded byGeorge Hardie
Succeeded byJohn Forman
Personal details
Born
Agnes Agnew Pettigrew

(1874-09-06)6 September 1874
Died24 March 1951(1951-03-24) (aged 76)
Political partyLabour
Spouse(s)George Hardie
RelativesKeir Hardie (brother-in-law)

Early life

Her association with the Labour movement began when she was a shop girl in Glasgow.[2] She was a pioneer member of the Shop Assistants' Union, acting for some years as organizer. During the First World War she was a woman's organizer of the Labour Party and was a member of the then Glasgow Education Authority. She married George Hardie, who was a Member of Parliament (MP) and brother of Keir Hardie. After an early career in the National Union of Shop Assistants, she was the Women's Organizer for the Labour Party in Scotland from 1918 to 1923.[3]

Career

At the Glasgow Springburn by-election in 1937 caused by the death of her husband, she was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Springburn, and held the seat until her retirement at the 1945 general election. On her election she was Glasgow's first female MP, the fifth female MP ever to be elected in Scotland and the second Scottish Labour MP, after Jennie Lee.[4]

See also

References
  1. "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 25 June 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2009.
  2. "Glasgow's First Woman M.P." Glasgow Herald 8 September 1937
  3. "Women MPs elected 1930s". Centre for Advancement of Women in Politics. Queens University Belfast. Retrieved 6 April 2009.
  4. Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
George Hardie		 Member of Parliament for Glasgow Springburn
1937 – 1945		 Succeeded by
John Forman
Party political offices
Preceded by
New position		 Labour Party Scottish Women's Organiser
1918–1923		 Succeeded by
Mary Sutherland


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