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Luke Hogan M.B.E., JP, was a Liverpool Council Labour leader who served as
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.


Biography

Hogan entered local politics in 1921 when he stood as a Labour candidate for Brunswick Ward. He was elected to
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on 1 November. He was elected as an
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for St. Domingo on 5 October 1927. He became the leader of the Labour group in the council in 1930 and remained in that position until 1947. He was deposed from his leadership because he opposed his party's policy of nationalising the Liverpool Cotton Exchange He was appointed Member, Order of the British Empire in
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. He served as
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from 1945 to 1946. He was honoured with the Freedom of City of Liverpool on 1 May 1946.


See also

* 1921 Liverpool City Council election * 1926 Liverpool City Council election - Aldermanic Election *
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1880–present *
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* Mayors and Lord Mayors of Liverpool 1207 to present


References

Mayors of Liverpool Labour Party (UK) councillors in Liverpool 20th-century English politicians English justices of the peace {{England-mayor-stub