Harriet Slater

Harriet Slater

Harriet Slater CBE, née Evans, (1903 – 12 October 1976) was a British Labour and Co-operative politician.

Educated at Hanley High School and Dudley Teachers’ Training College, Slater was National Organiser for the Cooperative Party from 1942 to 1953, and a local councillor in Stoke-on-Trent from 1933 to 1965.

She was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Stoke-on-Trent North at a by-election in 1953, and served until her retirement at the 1966 general election. From 1964 to 1966, she was a Government whip with the formal title of Lord of the Treasury.

References

* [http://www.qub.ac.uk/cawp/UK%20bios/UK_bios_50s.htm#hslater Centre for Advancement of Women in politics: Harriet Slater]
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