Tom Smith (British politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetTom Smith (British politician)
politician in England born in 1886
Date of Birth: 24-Apr-1886
Date of Death: 27-Feb-1953
Profession: politician
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Tom Smith (British politician)
- Tom Smith (24 April 1886 – 27 February 1953) was a Labour Party politician in England. At the 1922 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for the previously Liberal-held seat of Pontefract in West Yorkshire.
- He was re-elected at the 1923 election, but at the 1924 general election he lost his seat by 701 votes to the Conservative candidate Christopher Brooke.
- He was re-elected at the 1929 general election, but was defeated again at the 1931 general election. He returned to the House of Commons at an uncontested by-election in August 1933, in the neighbouring Normanton constituency, following the death of the Labour MP Frederick Hall.
- He held the seat until he resigned his seat in 1946 to take up the post of Labour Director of the North-Eastern Divisional Coal Board.
- At the resulting 1947 Normanton by-election, the seat was held for Labour by George Sylvester.
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