George Dallas

George Dallas (6 August 1878 – 4 January 1961) was a British Labour Party politician. George Dallas contested Roxburgh and Selkirk at the 1924 General Election, coming third behind Unionist and Liberal candidates. Life and career Born in Glasgow, Dallas worked as a coal miner in his youth. He joined the Socialist League in about 1894 before moving to London to work for a coal merchant. Returning to Glasgow, he participated in the trade union movement and a variety of jobs before becoming the Secretary of the Independent Labour Party in Scotland from 1908 until 1912. In 1912, Dallas moved back to London to work as the organiser of the National Federation of Women Workers, but soon moved to the Workers' Union. In 1917, he was appointed to the Agricultural Wages Board. In 1922, he moved to the newly built Welwyn Garden City.