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Thomas James MacNamara
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
or "THOMAS JAMES MACNAMARA (1861-), British politician, was born at Montreal Aug. 23 1861. He was educated at St. Thomas's school, Exeter, and was afterwards trained as an elementary-school teacher at the Borough Road training college for teachers. He taught in various schools until 1892, when he became editor of the Schoolmaster. He was elected a member of the London School Board in 1894; in 1895 he unsuccessfully contested Deptford as a Radical, and in 1896 was elected president of the National Union of Teachers. He was elected for North Camberwell in Igoo, and in 1907 entered the Government as parliamentary secretary to the Local Government Board. In 1908 he became parliamentary secretary to the Admiralty, retaining this office until 1915, when he became financial secretary to the Admiralty. He lost his seat in 1918, but. the same year was elected for North-West Camberwell. In 1920 he became Minister of Labour in succession to Sir Robert Horne.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Thomas James MacNamara'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/t/thomas-james-macnamara.html. 1910.
