Albert Ballard

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(2 August 1888 – 7 January 1969) was a leading figure in the British

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. Ballard became the

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for

A. V. Alexander Albert Victor Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough (1 May 1885 – 11 January 1965) was a British Labour and Co-operative politician. He was three times First Lord of the Admiralty, including during the Second World War, and then Minis ...

in the Sheffield Hillsborough constituency in 1922;Papers of Albert Ballard
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Alexander gained the seat for the Co-operative Party, taking the Labour Party

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in Parliament. Ballard also became active in the local Labour Party, joining the

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, and later acting as its local Chairman. Alexander stood down at the 1950 general election, and Ballard secured the election of his chosen replacement, George Darling. However, he retired as election agent in 1954, becoming Chair of the Co-operative Party from 1955 to 1957. From 1948 to 1963, Ballard served as Chairman of the Sheffield United Hospital Board, and from 1959 to 1967 he was Chairman of the Sheffield Education Committee. He was also an

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, and served as

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in 1957.List of Past Lord Mayors of Sheffield
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He was appointed CBE in the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ballard, Albert 1888 births 1969 deaths Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Co-operative Party politicians Lord mayors of Sheffield