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Visit of Ramsey Macdonald, the Prime Minister

Market Place
Retford
England

Ramsey Macdonald was the first labour Prime Minister. On this visit he was accompanied by his son, Malcolm Macdonald, MP for Bassetlaw. James Ramsey MacDonald, a Scotsman, began his career in politics in 1906 as a member of Parliament. He was the first secretary of the Independent Labour Party (1900). He led the Party for two periods (1906-14) and (1921-30). He was prime minister of Britain's first two Labour governments. His first Labour ministry was brief (January - October, 1924). The second lasted from 1929-31. In 1931 he left the Labour Party to form a coalition government backed by Liberals and Conservatives that lasted until 1935 when he resigned. (extracted from britannia.com)

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