John Robert Clynes

• Born: 27 March 1869
• Died: 23 October 1949

Contents 1 Offices 2 Privy Council 3 Parliamentary Seats 4 Parliamentary Positions 5 Party Positions 6 Other Positions

OfficesEdit

• Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food Control, 1917-1918
• Minister of Food Control, 1918-1919
• Lord Privy Seal, 1924
• Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1929-1931

Privy CouncilEdit

• Privy Councillor, 1918

Parliamentary SeatsEdit

• Member of Parliament for North-East Manchester, 1906-1918
• Member of Parliament for Platting, 1918-1931, 1935-1945

Parliamentary PositionsEdit

• Deputy Leader of the House of Commons, 1924, 1929-1931

Party PositionsEdit

• Vice-Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party, 1918-1921
• Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party, 1921-1922
• Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, 1922-1932

Other PositionsEdit

• President of the Oldham Trades Council, 1892
• Secretary of the Oldham Trades Council, 1894-1912
• Secretary for the Lancashire District of the National Union of Gasworkers and General Labourers, 1896-1912
• President of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers, 1912-1937

Preceded by: Sir William Joynson-Hicks

Home Secretary 1929–1931

Succeeded by: Sir Herbert Samuel