George Nicoll Barnes
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George Nicoll Barnes CH (January 2, 1859 - April 21, 1940) was a Scottish politician and a leader of the Labour Party.
Barnes was born in Lochee, Dundee. He was apprenticed as an engineer and became General Secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers. At the 1895 general election he stood unsuccessfully for the Independent Labour Party in Rochdale. He was elected as MP for Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown at the 1906 general election for the Labour Party. He sat for that constituency until it was abolished for the 1918 general election, and thereafter sat for Glasgow Gorbals until he stood down at the 1922 election.
He was leader of the Labour Party from February 14, 1910 to February 6, 1911. He was Minister of Pensions (1916-1917) and Minister without Portfolio (1917-1920) under David Lloyd George. In 1918 the Labour Party decided to leave the Lloyd George Coalition but Barnes refused to resign. As a result he was expelled from the Labour Party and founded the National Democratic Party. After finishing as a minister he played no further significant role in UK politics.
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| Preceded by Andrew Bonar Law |
Member of Parliament for Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown 1906–1918 |
Succeeded by (constituency abolished) |
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Member of Parliament for Glasgow Gorbals 1918–1922 |
Succeeded by George Buchanan |
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| Preceded by John Burns |
General Secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers 1896–19?? |
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| Preceded by Arthur Henderson |
Leader of the British Labour Party 1910-1911 |
Succeeded by Ramsay MacDonald |
| Preceded by New Post |
Minister of Pensions 1916-1917 |
Succeeded by John Hodge |
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