Enoch Edwards (trade unionist)

Edwards was born at Talk-o'-the Hill Staffordshire on 10 April 1852. He was the

son of a pitman, and worked as a boy in a coal-mine.{{EB1922 |inline=1|title=Edwards, Enoch |volume=30 |page=939|url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/EB1922_-_Volume_30.djvu/page995-1024px-EB1922_-_Volume_30.djvu.jpg}}

In 1870 he became treasurer of the North Staffordshire Miners' Association and was elected secretary to the same body in 1877. In 1880 he became president of the Midland Miners' Association; he was later president of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain in 1904.

In 1884 he went to Burslem, where he became a member of the school board and town council in 1886, and later he became alderman and mayor. He was also a member of the Staffordshire County Council. He was elected to Parliament as the Lib-Lab MP for Hanley in 1906. He then was a Labour Party MP in 1909. He died at Southport 28 June 1912 aged 60.{{cite ODNB|first=John|last=Benson|title=Edwards, Enoch (1852–1912)|id=47350}}

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| title = Member of Parliament for Hanley

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| title = President of the Midland Counties Miners' Federation

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| title = President of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain

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