Rev. Thomas Tucker Broad (1863 – 26 January 1935), was a British Congregational Minister and

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politician.

Background

Broad was educated at

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and

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. He married Margaret Cooper in 1902.

Professional career

Broad was a member of Sheffield

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. He was engaged during the Great War in connection with YMCA Huts.

Political career

Broad was Liberal candidate for the new

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division of

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at the 1918 General Election. He received the "

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" and there was no Unionist Party candidate opposing him. He won the seat with a majority of 8% of the votes over his Labour Party opponent. For the 1922 election, when he stood as a

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, the local Liberal association not only decided to run an anti-coalition candidate against him but had attracted former Liberal cabinet minister,

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as their candidate. Masterman polled nearly twice as many votes as Broad. With the Liberal vote split, the Labour candidate was able to take the seat. At the 1923 general election, with the two factions of the Liberal Party reunited, Broad stood in the Leyton East, but came third with only 28% of the votes. He did not stand for

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again. He wrote and published 'An All-In National Insurance Scheme. Security for all workers and their families' in 1924.The Politics of Retirement in Britain, 1878-1948 by John Macnicol

Electoral record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Broad, Thomas Tucker 1863 births 1935 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1918–1922 National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) politicians