1. George Alfred Isaacs JP DL was a British politician and trades unionist who served in the government of Clement Attlee.
10 Facts About George Isaacs
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George Isaacs married Flora Beasley, daughter of Richard William Beasley and Mary Ann Brett, in 1905.
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George Isaacs worked as a printer and became active in trade union organising early in life, becoming General Secretary of the National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants from 1909.
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George Isaacs became involved in local politics in Southwark and was Mayor of the Borough of Southwark from 1919 to 1921.
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George Isaacs served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Jimmy Thomas, who was Secretary of State for the Colonies.
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However George Isaacs failed to take the seat in the byelection and had to wait until the 1929 general election to return to Parliament.
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When Thomas joined Ramsay MacDonald in the National Government, George Isaacs remained with the Labour Party, and in consequence again lost his seat in the 1931 general election when the Labour Party was heavily defeated.
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George Isaacs failed by 79 votes to regain his seat in 1935.
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George Isaacs had long since moved to East Molesey in Surrey where he served as a Deputy Lieutenant and as a Justice of the Peace.
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George Isaacs was eventually Chairman of the Surrey Bench of Magistrates.